--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew" <andrewlazo@...> wrote:

>
> I appreciate the help on identifying "tignu"--thanks so much.

You're welcome!

> Now I wonder if lagnir has any meaning--is it related to logn, calm?
> Or one dictionary defines it as the place where nets are laid...?
> It's a feminine plural noun mebbe?

It isn't any form of 'logn' "a calm" (neuter noun), but it could be
the nouminative/accusative plural of the feminine noun 'lögn' "a
fishing net laid out in the sea", or the masculine nominative plural
of 'laginn' "lain, laid" (a past participle of the verb 'leggja' "to
put, set, lay"). As this verb has many different meanings and idioms
connected with it, we'd have to know the context.

Þar var laginn snjór mikill framan í bakkann.
"There was a lot of snow lying there on the front of the slope."

hann var laginn í gegnum
"he was stabbed" (run through with a weapon)

The past participle 'laginn' can also be used to mean "capable,
skilled, good at", e.g.

hann var [...] meirr laginn til at koma af aftrgöngum ok reimleikum en
aðrir menn
"he was [...] better at getting rid of revenants and hauntings than
anyone else"

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