Sanna

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sanna

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sanna" in English.

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

sanna Old Icelandic word can mean:

sanna: I)

sanna: (að), v.

sanna: 1) to assert, affirm (~ði annarr, en annarr synjaði);

sanna: 2) to make good, prove (s. e-t með eiði, með jarteinum);

sanna: s. e-t á e-n, á bendr e-m, to prove a charge against one (aldri var þat á mik ~t, at ek væri falsari);

sanna: s. e-n at e-u, to prove one guilty, convict one, of something;

sanna: 3) refl., ~st, to prove true, hold good, turn out (nú mun þat s., er sagða ek þér);

sanna: láta e-t á s., to let it be proved on oneself, to confess (lét hann á s., at hann myndi eigi sjálfr svá miklu orkat hafa).

sanna: II)

sanna: f. proof; only in pl. ‘sönnur’ (fá, finna sönnur á sínu máli).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚾᚾᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t: eitthvat.

e-m: einhverjum.

e-u: einhverju.

f.: feminine.

pl.: plural.

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