Ná
Old Icelandic Dictionary - náMeaning of Old Icelandic word "ná" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
ná Old Icelandic word can mean:
- ná
- (nái, náða, nát), v.
- ná
- 1) to get hold of, reach, overtake, with dat. (Ingimundr hleypr nú í skóginn ok náðu þeir honum ekki); ná til e-s, to reach one (með sverðinu);
- ná
- 2) to get, obtain (er hann náði konungs fundi); vér höfum eigi nát lögum, we have not had a lawful trial;
- ná
- 3) with infin., to be able, be allowed (náði engi maðr at bera konungsnafn, nema hann einn); heilindi sitt ef maðr hafa náir, if a man may enjoy his good health;
- ná
- 4) impers., kennimenn þeir er á þvísa landi næði, those clergymen who were to be got in this country;
- ná
- 5) refl., nást, to be caught; ef þat náist eigi, if that cannot be attained; recipr., to reach one another; þar var mýrlent ok máttu þeir eigi nást til, they could not come to close quarters.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-s
- einhvers.
- dat.
- dative.
- n.
- neuter.
- impers.
- impersonal.