Heilsa
Old Icelandic Dictionary - heilsaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "heilsa" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
heilsa Old Icelandic word can mean:
- heilsa
- I)
- heilsa
- (að), v. to say hail to one, greet one (= biðja e-n heilan vera), with dat.;
- heilsa
- ~ á e-n = ~ e-m.
- heilsa
- II)
- heilsa
- f.
- heilsa
- 1) health;
- heilsa
- 2) restoration to health (hann var feginn heilsu sinni);
- heilsa
- 3) salvation.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛁᛚᛋᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- m.
- masculine.
- f.
- feminine.
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