Hljóta

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);

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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

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary