litr gen. �ar, pl. �ir, acc. �u m
1.
colour, hue; bregða lit, to change colour; blár (grár, hvítr, rauðr) at lit, blue (grey, white, red) of colour;
2.
the colour of the sky, at dawn or dusk; en er þeir kómu upp á heiðina, kenndu þeir, at lit brá, they saw the day break; þá tók at kenna annars litar, then it began to grow dusk;
3.
dye (s�kja grös til litar)