læ
nafnorðhvorugkyn
, lævi, [ lew = ἀφορμή and lewian = παραδιδόναι; læwa = a traitor]:—fraud, craft; ljóða læ, the treason of the people, i. 255 (in a verse).
2. craft, art, skill, 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,’ the fire, 52; frið-læ, n breach of peace, (); klungrs læ, a fire, vii. 66 (in a verse): a plague, evil, biðja e-m læs, to wish one evil, 137; hes lausn, a release from evil, O. H. (in a verse); löng eru 1ýða læ (), long are the people’s woes, 2; blanda lopt lævi, to poison the air, 29.II. = lá, the sea, a different word, [ le or lee], water, liquor; gríðar læ, the ogress sea = the blood, (but a doubtful passage): læ-baugr, the sea circle = the horizon, sky = veðr metonymically, 171 (in a verse).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- 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)
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- EddaEdda. (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.)