Snúast
Old Icelandic Dictionary - snúastMeaning 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.