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Use in Old Norse texts

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===Use in Old Norse texts===
===Use in Old Norse texts===
{{lang|non|Laukar}} are the most attested plant in Old Norse literature.{{sfn|Oehrl|2025|p=166}} In [[skaldship]], they are used in kennings for swords (including {{lang|non|sárlaukr}}, and {{lang|non|blóðlaukr}}), and can designate a man as tall, strong and aggresive.{{sfn|Heimdahl|2022|p=249}}{{sfn|Oehrl|2025|p=166}} In ''[[Guðrúnarkviða I]]'', [[Guðrún]] praises the murdered Sigurð by comparing him to a {{lang|non|geirlaukr}} (literally 'gare (spear) leek', as with 'garlic') that had grown above the grass, while in ''[[Guðrúnarkviða II]]'' she makes the same comparison but instead with {{lang|non|grœnn laukr}} ('green leek').{{sfn|Heimdahl|2022|p=253}} Women can also be referred to by kennings such as {{lang|non|lofðungr lauks}} ('the lord of the leek') and {{lang|non|Lofn lauka}} ('the [[Lofn]] [goddess] of leeks').{{sfn|Oehrl|2025|p=167}}
{{lang|non|Laukar}} are the most attested plant in Old Norse literature.{{sfn|Oehrl|2025|p=166}} In [[skaldship]], they are used in kennings for swords such as {{lang|non|sárlaukr}} ('wound-leek'), and {{lang|non|blóðlaukr}} ('blood-leek').{{sfn|Heimdahl|2022|p=253}} In ''[[Helgakviða Hundingsbana]]'', King Sigmund leaves a battle to give his son a {{lang|non|ítrlaukr}} ('beautiful leek'), which may be also be a kenning for a sword, however {{sfn|Heimdahl|2022|p=249}}{{sfn|Ítrlaukr}}


Women can be referred to by kennings such as {{lang|non|lofðungr lauks}} ('the lord of the leek') and {{lang|non|Lofn lauka}} ('the [[Lofn]] [goddess] of leeks'), while {{lang|non|ættarlaukr}} ('family-leek') is used as a kenning for a family's male representative. In ''[[Guðrúnarkviða I]]'', [[Guðrún]] praises the murdered Sigurð by comparing him to a {{lang|non|geirlaukr}} (literally 'gare (spear) leek', as with 'garlic') that had grown above the grass, while in ''[[Guðrúnarkviða II]]'' she makes the same comparison but instead with {{lang|non|grœnn laukr}} ('green leek').{{sfn|Heimdahl|2022|pp=249, 253}}{{sfn|Oehrl|2025|pp=166-167}}
In ''[[Helgakviða Hundingsbana]]'', {{lang|non|ítrlaukr}} ('beautiful leek'){{sfn|Heimdahl|2022|p=249}}{{sfn|Ítrlaukr}}


[[Frostaþing]]'s laws include the term {{lang|non|laucgarð}} (literally 'leek-yard', an 'fenced piece of land where leeks are grown') {{sfn|Heimdahl|2022|p=249}}
They are also described in the [[Frostaþing]]'s laws as being cultivated in fenced pieces of land referred to as a {{lang|non|laucgarð}} ('leek-yard').{{sfn|Heimdahl|2022|p=249}}


==Laukaz in runic inscriptions==
==Laukaz in runic inscriptions==
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