En
Old Icelandic Dictionary - enMeaning of Old Icelandic word "en" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
en Old Icelandic word can mean:
- en
- I)
- en
- conj.
- en
- 1) but;
- en
- ~ heima mun ek sitja, but I will stay at home;
- en
- 2) as a copulative, and, = ok;
- en
- ek kann ráðum, Gunnhildar, ~ kappsemd Egils, I know the devices of G. and (on the other hand) Egil’s eagerness;
- en
- 3) = ‘an’, than (óbrigðra vin fær maðr aldregi ~ mannvit mikit).
- en
- II)
- en
- in Norse MSS. = ef, er (rel. pron. and temp. conj.);
- en
- 1) if;
- en
- sælar væri sálurnar, ~ þær vissi, if they knew;
- en
- 2) as a rel. pron., = er;
- en
- mína dóttur, ~ (= er) allra meyja er fegrst, who is the fairest of all maidens;
- en
- 3) when, = er, þá er (þeir vóru í hjá, ~ upp var lesit).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- conj.
- conjunction.
- n.
- neuter.