Misleggja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - misleggja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "misleggja" in Norwegian.

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

misleggja: misleggja, v. (-lagði) lægge noget i en skjæv Retning, flere Gjenstande i saadanRetning at de komme til at støde sam-men eller krydse hinanden; fig. hendreru e-m mislagðar dvs. en gjør det mod-satte af hvad han skulde: mislagðar eruþér hendr, dregr fram hluta mörlandansen þorir eigi at hefna föður þíns Fm.VII, 11835 (Mork. 17335); allmjök eruþér mislagðar hendr, ef þú varðar mérLjósavazskarð -, en þú varðar þateigi et lítla skarðit, sem er í milliþjóa þér, svá at ámælislaust sé Ölk.217; jvf hendr eru e-m mislagðar í knéunder kné s. 306b49.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᛋᛚᚽᚵᚵᛁᛆ
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:

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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