Spyrna
Old Icelandic Dictionary - spyrnaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "spyrna" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
spyrna Old Icelandic word can mean:
- spyrna
- (-da, -dr), v. to spurn;
- spyrna
- ~ fœti á e-n or á e-m, s. fœti til e-s, to push one with the foot, to kick (Þórr spyrndi fœti sínum á hann); s. fœti (fótum) í e-t, to put or press one’s foot (feet) against; s. við, to struggle against with the feet (it fyrsta sinn, er úlfrinn spyrndi við, brotnaði sá fjöturr); s. e-u af sér, to kick off (gat hann spyrnt af sér fjötrinum); frá spyrndr allri eign, spurned from, bereft of; recipr., ~st í iljar, to touch one another with the soles (of two stretched on their backs).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚢᚱᚾᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- e-u
- einhverju.
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