Ljá
Old Icelandic Dictionary - ljáMeaning of Old Icelandic word "ljá" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
ljá Old Icelandic word can mean:
- ljá
- I)
- ljá
- (lé, léða, léðr), v.
- ljá
- 1) l. e-m e-s or e-m e-t, to lend one a thing (muntu mér, Freyja, fjaðrhams ljá?; bað hann ljá sér skip);
- ljá
- 2) to grant, give (vil ek, at þú ljáir mér tómstundar til at finna Gizur); l. sik til e-s, to lend oneself to a thing (ef hann vill sik til þess l. at gera yðr mein);
- ljá
- 3) impers., þat má vera, (at) þér ljái þess hugar at hverfa aptr, may be thou art minded to return; ef þér lér tveggja huga um þetta mál, if thou art in two minds in this matter.
- ljá
- II)
- ljá
- f. new-mown grass (kona hans rakaði ljá eptir honum).
- ljá
- III)
- ljá
- dat. and acc. from lé, scythe.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- f.
- feminine.
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
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