Níða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - níða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "níða" in English.

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

níða Old Icelandic word can mean:

níða
(-dda, -ddr), v.
níða
1) to libel, lampoon;
níða
2) refl., níðast á e-m, to behave in a dastardly way to a person (at Noregsmenn höfðu níðst á Ólafi konungi); ~ á e-u, to act basely in a thing (hvárki skal ek á þessu ~ ok á engu öðru því er mér er til trúat); ~ á trú sinni, to apostatize.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.
e-u
einhverju.

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