Lón

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lón

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lón" in Norwegian.

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

lón
lón, n. Sted, hvor Vandfladen ikke sættes i Bevægelse af Søgang, hvor der ersmult Vand paa Grund af Beskyttelsemod det aabne Hav (f. Ex. KaldalónKaalund I, 6027; Lón, Lónshverfi Kaa- lund II, 268 fg; Selalón SturL. II, 19529jvf Kaalund II, 40415); lagði sínu skipiinn í lón þat, (er) sunnan gengr í nesitok þeir kölluðu Djúpalón (jvf Kaalund I, 418 Anm.); - þar á lóninu höfðuþeir gengit á borð at alfreka, ok þannsama vallgang rak upp Bárð. 73 fg; efvötn eða lón ganga fyrir ofan fjörumanns, enda kasti hvalum eða viði ifirmalarkamb eða eyrartanga í vatn eðalón Grág. 51118. 20; jvf Jb. 314 (NL. IV, 2933).

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚮᚿ
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.
L.
Linje.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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