Nema

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

nema Old Icelandic word can mean:

nema

I)

nema

conj.

nema

1) except, save, but;

nema

þoriga ek segja ~ þér einum, I dare not tell any one save thee alone;

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engi … ~, no … but, no (not any) other than (Grani vildi undir øngum manni ganga ~ Sigurði);

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2) with subj. unless;

nema

engir þóttu lögligir dómar dœmdir, ~ hann væri við, unless he had a hand in them;

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3) save that;

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~ ek hálsaða herjans stilli einu sinni, save that I once fell on the king’s neck;

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4) veit ek eigi ~, hverr veit ~, I don’t know, (who knows) but that;

nema

may be, perhaps (hverr veit ~ ek verða víða frægr um síðir);

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5) því at eins, ~, only in the case, if;

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ráðit þér því at eins á þá ~ þér séð allir sem øruggastir, do not attack them unless you are all most steadfast and dauntless;

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6) ~ heldr, but rather (eigi má þat menn kalla, ~ heldr hunda);

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7) nor, = né, hvárki sverð ~ øxi, neither sword nor axe.

nema

II)

nema

(nem; nam, námum; numinn), v.

nema

1) to take, take in use, take possession of (ef þú nemr þér jörð á Íslandi);

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~ land, to take possession of land, as a settler (hann nam Eyjafjörð allan);

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~ konu, to carry off, abduct a woman;

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~ stað or staðar, stop, halt (hér munum vér stað or staðar ~);

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~ yndi, to find rest in a place (hvárki nam hann yndi á Íslandi né í Noregi);

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2) ~ e-n e-u, to bereave one of a thing (~ e-n höfði, aldri, fjörvi);

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3) to reach, touch (pilzit var svá sítt, at nam hæl);

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hvárt nam þik eða eigi, did it touch thee or not? þótt þik nótt um nemi, though the night overtake thee;

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4) to amount to, be equivalent to (honum þótti landauðn ~);

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5) as an auxiliary verb, with infin.;

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hann nam at vaxa ok vel dafna, he grew apace and throve well;

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inn nam at ganga, he stepped in;

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6) to percieve, catch, hear, of sound;

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varð þá svá mikit úhljóð, at engi nam annars mál, that no one could hear the other’s voice;

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eigi skulu vér þat mál svá ~, we shall not understand it so;

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7) to learn (~ lög, fjölkyngi);

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to learn by heart (vísur þessar námu margir);

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~ e-t at (or af) e-m, to learn, get information, about a thing from one (Glúmr hafði numit þenna atburð at þeim manni, er hét Arnór);

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8) with preps. and advs.:

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~ e-t af, to abolish (var sú heiðni af numin sem önnur);

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~ brott konu, to carry off a woman;

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~ eptir e-u, to imitate;

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~ e-t frá, to except (~ konur eða þeir menn, er hann næmi frá);

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~ e-t upp, to pick up (nam ek upp rúnar);

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~ við, to resist, make a stand (hann vill enn við ~, þótt liðsmunr væri mikill);

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to stop, halt (þar námu þeir Hrafn við í nesinu);

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~ við e-u, to touch (gaddhjaltit nam við borðinu);

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to be a hindrance to (ef þat nemr við förinni, at þú þykkist hafa fé of lítit);

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impers., nemr við e-u, there is an obstacle, or stop (en er þeir kómu at kirkjudurum, þá nam þar við);

nema

9) refl., ~st e-t, to refuse, withhold from doing;

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~st förina, to refuse to go;

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~st orðsendingar hans, to disregard his messages;

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also with infin. (hann bað hann eigi ~st með öllu at gøra sem bœndr vildu).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᛘᛅ

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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