Rísa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - rísa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "rísa" in English.

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

rísa Old Icelandic word can mean:

rísa
(rís; reis, risum; risinn), v.
rísa
1) to rise, get up (ár skal r. sá er annars vill fé eða fjör hafa); r. ór rekkju, frá borði, to rise from the dead;
rísa
2) to come into existence, arise (vita þóttist hann, af hverjum rótum þetta hafði risit);
rísa
3) with preps. and advs., mikit orð ríss á e-u, it is much spoken of; r. í móti e-u, to rise against; r. upp, to rise, get up (hón reis ekki upp fyrir miðjan dag); to rise from the dead (dauðir rísa upp); r. upp fyrir e-m, to yield, give up, one’s place to another; r. við e-m, to rise against, withstand.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛋᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.
e-u
einhverju.

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