Frýja
Old Icelandic Dictionary - frýjaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "frýja" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
frýja Old Icelandic word can mean:
- frýja
- I)
- frýja
- (frý, frýða, frýt), v.
- frýja
- 1) to defy, taunt (hón frýði honum með mörgum orðum): f. e-m hugar, to challenge one’s courage; þessi klæði ~ ykkr föður-hefnda, those clothes challenge you to revenge your father;
- frýja
- 2) f. á e-t, to complain of; to egg (goad) on.
- frýja
- II)
- frýja
- f. taunt, reproach; verja sik frýju, to clear one self of reproach.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᚢᛁᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- f.
- feminine.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
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