Hljóta

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hljóta

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hljóta" in English.

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

hljóta Old Icelandic word can mean:

hljóta
(hlýt; hlaut, hlutum; hlotinn), v.
hljóta
1) to get by lot, to have allotted to oneself (hón hlaut at sitja hjá Björgólfi);
hljóta
2) to get (h. sigr); margir hlutu gott af hans ráðum, many benefited by his counsels;
hljóta
3) to undergo, suffer (h. högg, úför, harm);
hljóta
4) to be obliged to; svá mun nú h. at vera, it must needs be so; fara hlýtr þú með mér, thou must go with me;
hljóta
5) refl., ~st af e-u, to result or proceed from (mun hér h. af margs manns bani); hlauzt svá til, at þá tunn átti Ingimundr, it so happened that.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᛁᚢᛏᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-u
einhverju.

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