Engi
Old Icelandic Dictionary - engiMeaning of Old Icelandic word "engi" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
engi Old Icelandic word can mean:
- engi
- I)
- engi
- (neut. ekki), indef. pron.
- engi
- 1) no, none, no one; hafa ekki e-s, to have nothing of it; lose it altogether (er búit við, at þú hafir þá ekki dýrsins); old dat. einugi = engu (fátt er svá illt, at einugi dugi);
- engi
- 2) any, after a negative (aldri fyrr fekk hann þvílíkan sigr í engri herferð); after comparative (þessir dvergar kunnu betr smíða af járni en engir aðrir).
- engi
- II)
- engi
- n. meadow, meadow-land (tún ok eng; akr ok engi).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾᚴᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- def.
- definite.
- f.
- feminine.
- indef.
- indefinite.
- n.
- neuter.
- neut.
- neuter.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- dat.
- dative.
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