Spara
Old Icelandic Dictionary - sparaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "spara" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
spara Old Icelandic word can mean:
- spara
- (-ða, -ðr, also -aða, -at), v.
- spara
- 1) to spare (hann sparir eigi peninga Þórólfs); s. e-m e-t, to leave it to another (spörum þetta verk öðrum); s. e-n til e-s, to spare one from (þeir spörðu hana eigi til erfiðis ok skaprauna); skal ek eigi mitt til s., I, for my part, shall not be sparing in the matter; s. e-t við e-n, to withhold from one (eigi spari ek mat við þik); s. e-t við sik, to shrink from; hverr sá er, at eigi sparir þat úhapp við sik, who does not shrink from that crime;
- spara
- 2) refl., ~st til e-s, to shrink from, forbear (hefi ek lengi til þessa ~zk); to spare oneself, spare one’s strength; þat orð flyzt af, at þú sparist við, that thou sparest thyself, dost not use all thy strength.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛅᚱᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-s
- einhvers.
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