I) (dat. and acc. ljá; pl. ljár), m. scythe (þeir hjuggust með ljám).
II) from ljá.
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m., with the article léinn, Fms. vii. 264; acc. sing. lia, Korm. 38; ljáinn, Fb. i. 522; plur. learnir, Edda 48; dat. lianum (ljánum), id.; acc. pl. lia (= ljá), id.: the mod. form is nom. ljár, gen. ljás, dat. and acc. ljá; the nom. ljár occurs in Fb. i. 522: [North. E. ley, lea; Dan. lee; Swed. lia]:—a scythe; hinn deigi lé, Mkv.; hvass lé, Flóv. 25; stæltr lé, Grág. i. 501; dengja ljá, ii. 211; orb ok nýjan ljá, Fb. i. 522; ljá í langorfi, Korm. 38; stafn-ljá (dat.), an entering hook, Fms. vii. 264.
COMPDS: lédengd, lédenging, légarðr.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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