Dylja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - dylja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "dylja" in English.

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

dylja Old Icelandic word can mean:

dylja: (dyl; dulda; duldr, duliðr, dulinn), v.

dylja: 1) to keep (one) in ignorance of a thing;

dylja: ~ e-n e-s (eigi skalt þú þat gera at ~ þik sjálfan sanninda);

dylja: ~ e-s, to conceal, deny, disavow, Þórir dylr þess ekki, Thor does not deny it;

dylja: Eysteinn duldi þeirra orða fyrir sik, E. professed that he had never said any stuch thing;

dylja: allir duldu, at né eitt vissi til Hrapps, all pretended ignorance about Hrapp;

dylja: vera, ganga, duldr (duliðr, dulinn) e-s, to be unaware of, to be kept in ignorance of (hefir hon verit alls þessa duld; veit engi ætt mína ok ganga þess allir duldir);

dylja: dulið (dulin) ertu, Hyndla, H., thou art mistaken (deceived);

dylja: duliðr (dulinn) at e-m, mistaken about one;

dylja: 2) refl., ~st, to conceal (hide) oneself;

dylja: at þat sé flugumenn ok vili ~st (disguise themselves) undir munka búnaði;

dylja: ~st í e-u, to conceal a thing from oneself, be ignorant of = ganga duldr e-s (Eiríkr konungr þarf nú ekki at ~ í því, at);

dylja: ~st við e-t, to refuse to acknowledge, to ignore;

dylja: trúit þessu eigi, meðan þér megit ~st, as long as you can ignore it, till you get full evidence;

dylja: en Sveinn duldist við þat, but S. shrank from believing it.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛚᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-s: einhvers.

e-m: einhverjum.

e-u: einhverju.

e-t: eitthvat.

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