Sögn
Old Icelandic Dictionary - sögnMeaning of Old Icelandic word "sögn" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
sögn Old Icelandic word can mean:
- sögn
- (gen. sagnar, pl. sagnir), f.
- sögn
- 1) speech, opp. to þögn (s. eða þögn haf þér sjálfr í hug);
- sögn
- 2) tale, report, news (konungr varð allreiðr, þá er hann heyrði þessa s.); þat er s. manna, at, people say, the story goes, that; nauðga e-m, pína e-n, til sagna, to force one to confess, by torture;
- sögn
- 3) host of men (cf. ‘skipssögn’).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚴᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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