Leiða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - leiðaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "leiða" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
leiða Old Icelandic word can mean:
- leiða
- I)
- leiða
- (-dda, -ddr), v.
- leiða
- 1) to lead, conduct (Ólafr konungr leiddi Kjartan til skips); ~ upp skip, to drag a ship ashore;
- leiða
- 2) fig., ~ augum (sjónum), to behold; ~ hugum, to consider; ~ huga at e-u, to mark, note; ~ spurningum at um e-t, to inquire; ~ getum um e-t, to guess at a thing; ~ ástum, to love; ~ af e-u, to result from;
- leiða
- 3) gramm. to pronounce (því at hann leiddi eigi svá sem tíðast er);
- leiða
- 4) to bury, lead to the grave (Steinarr leiddi hann uppi í holtum).
- leiða
- II)
- leiða
- (-dda, -ddr), v.
- leiða
- 1) ~ e-m e-t, to make a person loathe or avoid a thing;
- leiða
- 2) refl., ~st e-t (acc.), to loathe, get tired of (leiðist manngi gott, ef getr); impers., e-m leiðist, one feels discontented (man honum ~st, ef deildr er verðrinn); mér leiðist e-t, I am tired of (leiðist mönnum opt á at heyra).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚦᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-u
- einhverju.
- m.
- masculine.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- acc.
- accusative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
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