læ
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
Merkingar
n., dat. lævi, [Ulf. lew = ἀφορμή and lewian = παραδιδόναι; cp. A. S. læwa = a traitor]:—fraud, craft; ljóða læ, the treason of the people, Hkr. i. 255 (in a verse).
- 2.
craft, art, skill, Vsp. 18, where it is spelt lá; önd, óðr, and læ were the three mental gifts of the three gods who made man.
- 3.
bane; sviga læ, ‘switch-bane,’ poët. the fire, Vsp. 52; frið-læ, n breach of peace, Edda (Ht.); klungrs læ, a fire, Fms. vii. 66 (in a verse): a plague, evil, biðja e-m læs, to wish one evil, Hm. 137; hes lausn, a release from evil, O. H. (in a verse); löng eru 1ýða læ (pl.), long are the people’s woes, Sdm. 2; blanda lopt lævi, to poison the air, Vsp. 29.
- II.
= lá, the sea, a different word, [Scot. le or lee], water, liquor; gríðar læ, the ogress sea = the blood, Höfuðl. (but a doubtful passage): læ-baugr, m. the sea circle = the horizon, sky = veðr metonymically, Ó. H. 171 (in a verse).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- dat.
- þágufall (e. dative)
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- cp.
- compare.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)