Leyðra

Old Norwegian Dictionary - leyðra

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "leyðra" in Norwegian.

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

leyðra
leyðra, v. smøre, to, bringe til at skumme (af lauðr)? vakta ek einherja, bað ekupp rísa, bekki at strá, bjórker atleyðra Fsk. 2814 (SE. I, 242, Eiríksmál).Ordet, som ikke forekommer andensteds,synes svare til ags. leðrian, som tjener til Oversættelse af Vulg. ungvere Joh. 11, 1, hvor nemlig Ordene Maria autemerat, quæ unxit dominum ungventooversættes ved: Maria uutudlice uæsðio geðuog (= smiride = leðrede) ðonedrihten mið smirinise The Gospel acc.to St. John in Ags. & Northumbr. ver-sions ed. by W. W. Skeat (Cambridge1878) s. 10324. Maaske staar leyðra iForbindelse med Folkespr. lörung Aasen471 b, isl. löðringr dvs. Lusing, Ørefigen, kinnhestr, hvormed man smører en omØrene, vasker hans Øren.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚽᛦᚦᚱᛆ
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:

acc.
accusativ.
c.
Capitel.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.
S.
Side.
v.
Verbum.

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