Batna

Old Icelandic Dictionary - batna

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "batna" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

batna Old Icelandic word can mean:

batna
(að), v.
batna
1) to improve, get better;
batna
2) impers., e-m ~r, one recovers (after sickness); the disease is added in gen. (e-m ~r síns meins, sjúkleika).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛏᚾᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.
gen.
genitive.
impers.
impersonal.
n.
neuter.

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