Myrða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - myrða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "myrða" in English.

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

myrða Old Icelandic word can mean:

myrða
(-rða, -rðr), v.
myrða
1) to murder (móður tókt mína ok myrðir til hnossa);
myrða
2) to conceal a murdered body (hann drap hann sofanda ok myrði hann síðan);
myrða
3) to conceal, suppress (skal ek eigi m. þetta konungsbréf).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚱᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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