Löstr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - löstrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "löstr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
löstr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- löstr
- (gen. lastar, dat. lesti; pl. lestir, acc. löstu), m.
- löstr
- 1) fault, flaw; segja kost ok löst á e-u, to tell fairly the good and bad of a thing;
- löstr
- 2) misbehaviour;
- löstr
- 3) vice (l. ofdrykkjunnar).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛋᛏᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- e-u
- einhverju.
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