Aleyða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - aleyðaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "aleyða" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
aleyða Old Icelandic word can mean:
- aleyða
- I)
- aleyða
- (-dda, -ddr), v. to lay totally waste, devastate.
- aleyða
- II)
- aleyða
- f. devastation; gera aleyðu, to turn into a wilderness.
- aleyða
- III)
- aleyða
- a. indecl. altogether waste, empty, void of people (þar var ~ at mönnum);
- aleyða
- hann brennir ok gerir ~ landit, makes the land an utter waste.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛁᚢᚦᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- indecl.
- indeclinable.
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