Kalla

Old Icelandic Dictionary - kalla

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "kalla" in English.

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

kalla Old Icelandic word can mean:

kalla: (að), v.

kalla: 1) to call, shout, cry (~ði konungr ok bað létta af);

kalla: 2) to call, summon by a call, send for (um kveldit ~ði konungr Áslák);

kalla: 3) to say (sumir menn ~, at eigi sé sakleysi í);

kalla: at ~, so to say, nominally;

kalla: sáttir at ~, nominally reconciled;

kalla: 4) ~ sér e-t, to claim for oneself (konungr ~ði sér allar Orkneyjar);

kalla: 5) to call, name (Mörðr hét maðr, er ~ðr var gígja);

kalla: 6) refl., ~st, to say of oneself;

kalla: konungr ~ðist hann reynt hafa at góðum dreng, the king said that he had found him a good and brave fellow;

kalla: 7) with preps.:

kalla: ~ at e-m, to call to one;

kalla: ~ á e-n, to call to one (Flosi gekk þá at durum ok ~ði á Njál); to call on, invoke (~ði hann á guð ok hinn helga Ólaf);

kalla: ~ á e-t, to lay claim to (Snækollr ~ði á bú nökkur þar í eyjunum);

kalla: ~ eptir, to protest;

kalla: ~ e-n eptir e-m, to call or name after;

kalla: ~ til e-s, to call to, invoke (~ til guðs); to lay claim to, to claim, demand (Snorri ~ði þá til brynju sinnar);

kalla: ~ til e-s við e-n, í hendr e-m, to claim a thing from one.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛚᛚᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t: eitthvat.

e-m: einhverjum.

e-s: einhvers.

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