Litr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - litrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "litr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
litr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- litr
- I)
- litr
- (gen. -ar, pl. -ir, acc. -u), m.
- litr
- 1) colour, hue; bregða lit, to change colour; blár (grár, hvítr, rauðr) at lit, blue (grey, white, red) of colour;
- litr
- 2) the colour of the sky, at dawn or dusk; en er þeir kómu upp á heiðina, kenndu þeir, at lit brá, they saw the day break; þá tók at kenna annars litar, then it began to grow dusk;
- litr
- 3) dye (sœkja grös til litar).
- litr
- II)
- litr
- a. hued, coloured (vel, illa l.).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛏᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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