Missa

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

missa Old Icelandic word can mean:

missa

I)

missa

(-ta, -tr), v.

missa

1) to miss, fail in hitting (Kolr sveiflaði til hans øxi ok missti hans);

missa

2) to be without (þeir höfðu lengi matar misst); impers., missir e-s, it ceases; þar sem missti húsanna, where there were no longer any houses;

missa

3) to miss, feel the want of (missum vér nú Hákonar, frænda míns); m. fótanna, to slip with the feet, miss one’s footing; impers., ef mín missir við, if I should die;

missa

4) to lose, suffer loss of; ek hefi mikils misst, I have had a great loss;

missa

5) with acc. to lose, esp. in later writers (vér höfum misst frændr vára).

missa

II)

missa

f. loss (megu vér nú eigi þegja yfir missu okkarri).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛋᛋᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary