Hefna

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hefna

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hefna" in English.

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

hefna Old Icelandic word can mean:

hefna
(-da, -dr), v. to avenge, take vengeance;
hefna
with the thing and the person in gen.,
hefna
~ sára, to avenge the wounds,
hefna
~ bróður síns, to avenge one’s brother,
hefna
~ sín, to avenge oneself;
hefna
with dat. of the person,
hefna
~ e-m, to take vengeance on (skulu við ~ honum);
hefna
with the thing in gen. and the person in dat.;
hefna
áttu honum at ~ frændaláts, thou hast to avenge on him the death of a kinsman;
hefna
impers., e-m hefnir e-t, one pays (suffers) for a thing (svá hefndi honum þat mikla mikillæti);
hefna
with preps., ~ e-m fyrir e-t, ~ e-s a e-m, to avenge a thing on one;
hefna
refl., ~st, to avenge oneself (= ~ sín);
hefna
~st e-s, to avenge a thing;
hefna
~st á e-m, to avenge oneself on a person;
hefna
e-m hefnist e-t, one has to pay (suffer) for;
hefna
~st mun honum vist, the day of retribution will assuredly come to him.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚠᚾᛅ

Abbreviations used:

gen.
genitive.
n.
neuter.
dat.
dative.
e-m
einhverjum.
e-t
eitthvat.
impers.
impersonal.
e-s
einhvers.

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