lest
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
- 1.
f. [cp. Engl. last, as in Orkneys and East Angl. ‘a last of herrings,’ and Old Engl. lastage = freight; Germ. last; Dan. læst], a last, burden, a measure of ship’s burden, reckoned at twelve ‘skippund,’ D. N. iv. 651, Bs. i. 545, Gþl. 371, B, K. 20, 89, MS. 732. 16 (where wrongly ten for twelve); lest gulls, Fms. xi. 351, where = talentum (?); lest járns, harðsteins, D. N.; lest síldar, N. G. L. passim: a cargo, Jb. 386. In mod. usage the tonnage of Dan. and Norse ships is counted by læster.
- II.
in Icel. sense, a caravan of loaded pack-horses, Grett. 119: plur. lestir, the market season in June and July.
- 2.
f. reading, a lesson; meðan lestin verðr lesin, Stat. 299, N. G. L. i. 390.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- MS.
- manuscript, manuscripts.
- mod.
- modern.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- plur.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- COMPDS
- samsett orð (e. compounds)
Tilvitnuð rit
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)