Eggja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - eggja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "eggja" in English.

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

eggja Old Icelandic word can mean:

eggja
(að), v. to incite, egg one on to do a thing (e. e-n e-s or til e-s or á e-t); e. e-n fram, to urge one on;
eggja
refl., láta at ~st, to yield to another’s egging on; e. upp á e-n, to pick a quarrel with one, provoke one; recipr. to egg one another on (eggjuðust nú fast hvarirtveggju).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t
eitthvat.
e-s
einhvers.

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