Lest
Old Norwegian Dictionary - lestMeaning of Old Norwegian word "lest" in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- lest
- lest, f. hvad der læses, skal læses, lat. lectio(jvf lesa 3); sem heilagr Leo segir ílestinni Leif. 17226; meðan lestin (nl.Evangeliet) verðr lesin Stat. 2994 jvf 3;ef maðr liggr sjúkr í heraði ok villhann, at prestr lesi yfir honum, gerihest móti honum eða skip -, þá erprestr skyldr at fara til hans ok lesayfir honum lestir þrjár kaupalaust, enef hann vil láta lesa fleiri, þá - Eids.1, 473 jvf 2, 363.
Part of speech: f
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚽᛋᛏ
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:
- f.
- Feminin.
- lat.
- latinsk.
- nl.
- nemlig.
- s.
- substantiv.