Frá
Old Icelandic Dictionary - fráMeaning of Old Icelandic word "frá" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
frá Old Icelandic word can mean:
- frá
- I) prep. with dat.
- frá
- 1) from (ganga ~ lögbergi);
- frá
- skamt ~ ánni, a short distance from the river;
- frá
- 2) away from (nökkut ~ öðrum mönnum);
- frá
- 3) of time, alit ~ eldingu, all along from daybreak;
- frá
- dag ~ degi, one day after another;
- frá
- 4) from among, beyond;
- frá
- gera sik auðkendan ~ öðrum mönnum, to make oneself conspicuous;
- frá
- 5) against;
- frá
- frá líkindum, against likelihood;
- frá
- 6) of, about;
- frá
- er mér svá ~ sagt konungi, I am told so about the king;
- frá
- 7) as adv. away;
- frá
- hverfa ~, to turn away;
- frá
- til ok ~, to and fro;
- frá
- héðan í ~, hence, henceforlh;
- frá
- þar út í frá, secondly, next.
- frá
- II) from fregna.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- adv.
- adverb.
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