Laun

Old Norwegian Dictionary - laun

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "laun" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

laun: laun, f. Benægtelse, Dølgsmaal (for laugn,jvf ljúga, got. analaugns, analaugnei);dul er laun en vitni er sannan SE. I,62620; hylr hræ til launar (dvs. for atdølge sin Gjerning) Grág. 3491; sögðuþeir, at þeir hefði tekit fé til launarok lygi Post. 30729; laun hórdóms,misverka Mar. 2429. 256; nú heimtirannarrtveggi þeirra fleira (fé í afrétt),en ván átti, ok leggr laun á Grág.2359 (Grg. II, 1608); draga laun áe-t dvs. skjule noget, holde det hemme-ligt, Flat. III, 4034; mér er eigi launá dvs. det er mig ikke ubekjendt, Anal.118225 (Pr. 5620); með laun dvs. hem-meligen, i Hemmelighed, SE. I, 3217;á laun d. s. Alex. 911; Bp. I, 256;ef maðr kyssir kono á laun öðrummönnum (dvs. uden at andre se ellervide det) ok at ráði hennar Grág.1768; skyldi þat kaup á laun fara dvs.være en Hemmelighed, Sturl. I, 712;getinn á laun dvs. laungetinn (mods. íljósi Gul. 572. 1043), Gul. 1044. Jvf.leyna.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛆᚢᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

a.: accusativ.

f.: Feminin.

got.: gotisk.

lat.: latinsk.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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