Temja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - temja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "temja" in English.

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

temja Old Icelandic word can mean:

temja
(tem; tamda; tamiðr, tamdr, taminn), v.
temja
1) to tame, break in;
temja
øxn nam at ~, he took to breaking in oxen;
temja
2) to train, exercise (~ sik við íþróttir or ~ sér íþróttir);
temja
hann átti hrafna tvá, er hann hafði tamit við mál, he had two ravens which he had trained to talk.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛘᛁᛅ

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