Hrinda
Old Icelandic Dictionary - hrindaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "hrinda" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
hrinda Old Icelandic word can mean:
- hrinda
- (hrind; hratt, hrandum; hrundinn), v.
- hrinda
- 1) to push, thrust, with dat. (hann hratt hestinum í vök eina); var þá hrundit hátnum, the ship’s boat was put out; h. hurð (upp), to push the door open; h. e-m í myrkvastofu, to cast into prison; h. á braut, to drive away; h. skipi fram or út, to launch a ship; impers., hratt stundum fyrir, en stundum frá, the clouds were drifting on and off (the moon);
- hrinda
- 2) to cast (throw) off (h. harmi, ótta); h. máli, to make a case void, clear oneself of it; h. e-u af e-m, to free one from, rid one of a thing.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᚾᛏᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- dat.
- dative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- e-u
- einhverju.
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