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1 LÆ
(dat. lævi), n., poet. venom, bane;blanda lopt lævi, to poison the air;sviga læ, ‘switch-bane’, fire;biðja e-m læs, to wish one evil;löngr eru lýða læ, the woes of men are long.* * *n., dat. lævi, [Ulf. lew = ἀφορμή and lewian = παραδιδόναι; cp. A. S. læwa = a traitor]:—fraud, craft; ljóða læ, the treason of the people, Hkr. i. 255 (in a verse).2. craft, art, skill, Vsp. 18, where it is spelt lá; önd, óðr, and læ were the three mental gifts of the three gods who made man.3. bane; sviga læ, ‘switch-bane,’ poët. the fire, Vsp. 52; frið-læ, n breach of peace, Edda (Ht.); klungrs læ, a fire, Fms. vii. 66 (in a verse): a plague, evil, biðja e-m læs, to wish one evil, Hm. 137; hes lausn, a release from evil, O. H. (in a verse); löng eru 1ýða læ (pl.), long are the people’s woes, Sdm. 2; blanda lopt lævi, to poison the air, Vsp. 29.II. = lá, the sea, a different word, [Scot. le or lee], water, liquor; gríðar læ, the ogress sea = the blood, Höfuðl. (but a doubtful passage): læ-baugr, m. the sea circle = the horizon, sky = veðr metonymically, Ó. H. 171 (in a verse).COMPDS: læblandinn, lægjarn, læskjarr, læspjöll, læstyggr, lætrauðr, lævísi, lævísliga, lævíss. -
2 sverri-
in poët. compds, sverri-flagð, the mighty ogress; sverri-fjörðr, the mighty firth; sverri-gjörð, the vast belt of the land, i. e. the main sea, Lex. Poët.: Sverrir, a pr. name (of king Sverri), the worthy (?). -
3 Mörn
f. pining away.* * *f. an ogress or giantess, Edda (Gl.); the ship is called mörnar vakr, hestr, the steed of m., Hallfred; the sea, mörnar mór, Lex. Poët.II. the river Marne, Edda (GL).
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