Beiða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - beiðaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "beiða" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
beiða Old Icelandic word can mean:
- beiða
- (-dda, -ddr), v. to ask, beg, request;
- beiða
- ~ e-n e-s, or ~ e-m (for one) e-s;
- beiða
- ~ e-s af e-m, to ask a thing of or from a person;
- beiða
- ~ e-n máls, orða, to address one;
- beiða
- with acc., ~ lögbeiðing, to make a lawful request;
- beiða
- refl., ~st, to request on one’s own behalf (~ laga, griða).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛁᚦᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- acc.
- accusative.
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