Lýðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - lýðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "lýðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
lýðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- lýðr
- (-s, -ir, rarely -ar), m.
- lýðr
- 1) people, esp. the common people (er konungr heyrði ákafa lýðsins);
- lýðr
- 2) the members of a household (gakk þú út ok allr l. með þér);
- lýðr
- 3) pl. men, persons (allir lýðir).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- esp.
- especially.
- pl.
- plural.
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