Árna
Old Icelandic Dictionary - árnaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "árna" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
árna Old Icelandic word can mean:
- árna
- I)
- árna
- (að), v.
- árna
- 1) to earn, gain, get (á. e-t);
- árna
- 2) á. e-m e-s, to procure a thing for one; á. e-m góðs, to pray for good to one; á. e-m ills, to imprecate evil upon, to curse; á. e-m lífs, to intercede for one’s life; á. e-s við guð, to pray to God for a thing.
- árna
- II)
- árna
- (að), v. to go forward, to wander (á. úrgar brautir).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱᚾᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-s
- einhvers.
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