Nár
Old Icelandic Dictionary - nárMeaning of Old Icelandic word "nár" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
- nár
- (gen. nás, pl. náir, acc. nái, dat. nám), m. corpse, deat man; fölr sem ~, pale as death; nýtr manngi nás, a corpse is good for nought; bjarga nám, to lend the last service to the dead; verða at ná, verða nár, to become a corpse.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛅᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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