Yrða

lest

nafnorðkvenkyn
1. [ last, as in Orkneys and East Angl. ‘a last of herrings,’ and Old lastage = freight; last; læst], a last, burden, a measure of ship’s burden, reckoned at twelve ‘skippund,’ iv. 651, i. 545, 371, B, K. 20, 89, 732. 16 (where wrongly ten for twelve); lest gulls, xi. 351, where = talentum (?); lest járns, harðsteins, ; lest síldar, passim: a cargo, 386. In usage the tonnage of and Norse ships is counted by læster.II. in sense, a caravan of loaded pack-horses, 119: lestir, the market season in June and July.
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2. reading, a lesson; meðan lestin verðr lesin, Stat. 299, i. 390.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • 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)
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • 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.)