Meiða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - meiða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "meiða" in English.

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

meiða Old Icelandic word can mean:

meiða
(-dda, -ddr), v.
meiða
1) to hurt, esp. to maim, injure seriously (hina rak hann ór landi, meiddi eðr drap);
meiða
2) of things, to damage (finna þeir at skipit var meitt neðan); to spoil, destroy (þá tók hann at m. hof ok hörga);
meiða
3) refl. to take hurt.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛁᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
m.
masculine.

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