Hjá
Old Icelandic Dictionary - hjáMeaning of Old Icelandic word "hjá" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
hjá Old Icelandic word can mean:
- hjá
- prep. with dat.
- hjá
- 1) by, near;
- hjá
- liggja (sitja) ~ e-m, to lie (sit) by one;
- hjá
- sofa (hvíla) hjá e-m, to sleep with one;
- hjá
- ~ durunum, near (close to) the door;
- hjá
- 2) by, with;
- hjá
- vera ~ e-m, to stay with one;
- hjá
- vera í gistingu ~ e-m, to lodge with one;
- hjá
- maðr einn var eptir ~ honum, was left with him;
- hjá
- 3) present;
- hjá
- svá at Flosi var ~, in the presence of F.;
- hjá
- 4) past, by;
- hjá
- fara, ganga ~ e-m, to go by, pass one (mánaði síðarr fóru þeir ~ mér kátir);
- hjá
- farast ~, to pass by one another;
- hjá
- fara ~ sér, to go beside oneself;
- hjá
- fram ~ Knafahólum, past K.;
- hjá
- þeir riðu ~ fram, they rode by;
- hjá
- 5) in comparison with (to);
- hjá
- höfðu þeir fátt kvikfjár ~ því sem þurfti, they had few live stock in comparison with what was needed.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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