Sporna

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sporna

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sporna" in English.

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

sporna
(að), v. to spurn, tread on (s. völl, moldveg); s. við e-u, to withstand, resist (eigi má við sköpunum s.); without the dat., hann vildi taka af mér hringinn, en ek ~ði við, struggled against that.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚢᚱᚾᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-u
einhverju.
dat.
dative.

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