Lýja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - lýja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "lýja" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

lýja Old Icelandic word can mean:

lýja
(lý, lúða, lúinn), v.
lýja
1) to beat, hammer; l. járn, to forge iron (with a sledge-hammer);
lýja
2) to wear out, exhaust (lýr hann sóttin ok deyr hann);
lýja
3) refl., lýjast, to be worn, exhausted (tóku menn þá at l. mjök á erfiði).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛁᛅ

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