Lík
Old Icelandic Dictionary - líkMeaning of Old Icelandic word "lík" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
lík Old Icelandic word can mean:
- lík
- I)
- lík
- n.
- lík
- 1) the living body (við þat l. at lifa);
- lík
- 2) the dead body, corpse (jarða l. e-s).
- lík
- II)
- lík
- n. bolt-rope, leech-line (of sails).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚴ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- e-s
- einhvers.
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