Snúast

Old Icelandic Dictionary - snúast

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "snúast" in English.

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

snúast Old Icelandic word can mean:

snúast
v. refl. to turn oneself (hafði Gunnarr snúizt í hauginum);
snúast
~ at e-m, í móti e-m, við e-m, to turn upon one, face about, to meet an attack;
snúast
svá snerist, at þeir kómust í engan lífs-háska, it turned out so, that they got into no danger of life;
snúast
~ til leiðar, to turn to the right way;
snúast
~ til e-s um e-t, to turn to one for a thing (er þat líkast, at hann snúist til várrar ættar um vinfengit);
snúast
~ undan, to draw back (síðan vildi A. undan ~).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚾᚢᛅᛋᛏ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.
e-t
eitthvat.
e-s
einhvers.
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