Muna
Old Icelandic Dictionary - munaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "muna" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
muna Old Icelandic word can mean:
- muna
- I)
- muna
- (man, munda, munaðr), v. to remember (mantu nökkut, hver orð ek hafða þar um? Þat man ek görla); m. langt fram, to remember far back; m. til e-s, to have recollection of (spyrr Sveinn konungr, hvárt þeir muni til heitstrengingar sinnar); m. e-m e-t, to remember a thing against one (skal ek nú, segir hón, muna þér kinn-hestinn).
- muna
- II)
- muna
- (að), v.
- muna
- 1) to move, remove, with dat.; m. út garði, to shift the fence farther off, widen it; mér er ór minni munat, I have quite forgotten it; intrans., m. fram, to move forward, advance (miðlum ekki spor vár, nema vér munim fram);
- muna
- 2) to make a difference, with dat. of the amount (svá at muni hálfri stiku í tíu stikum).
- muna
- III)
- muna
- (að), v. impers.; e-n munar, one longs, desires (rare).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚾᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- m.
- masculine.
- dat.
- dative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
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