Lina
Old Icelandic Dictionary - linaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "lina" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
lina Old Icelandic word can mean:
- lina
- (að), v.
- lina
- 1) to soften, mitigate;
- lina
- 2) to soothe, alleviate (linit harmi mínum); impers., e-u linar, it abates (við átak hans linat þegar sóttinni);
- lina
- 3) l. til, to give way;
- lina
- 4) refl., linast, to be softened, give way (þá linuðust hugir þeirra).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚾᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-u
- einhverju.
- impers.
- impersonal.
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