Leding

Old Danish Dictionary - leding

Meaning of Old Danish word "Leding", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Leding can mean:

  • no. 1) — led 1): ingen kand seygle den gammel læding for iis skyld. Uvitf. IV. 83, - = led: 2); zodiacum jeg meen, den Guds almæctig linger omringer himlen:omed fra leding indtil anden. Hexaem, 134: vertices dicuntur cwli poli, led- inge. Colding, Etymol. 1417; eardo, leding, kant af himmelen eller af verden,hen- Nucl. latinit. 110. — 3) nord- stjærnen; ieg skodher ledhing then stien. H. Suso. 17410-m: polus, led-n ' ding. H. Smith, Lib. 00 lat. 5;de vilde Karls vogn ogleding wanseetlegge des lengste de kunde, vd at » sven. Vedel, Saxo. 454 (= 1 neg- lecto sideris lhabitu. P. E, Millers udg. 854). Jfr. iøl. leidarstjerna; Son, u. E.: leidinge. — Smlun, norder-, nor-, sønder-, vesterleding ndf.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚽᚦᛁᚿᚵ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

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Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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