Þegar
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þegarMeaning of Old Icelandic word "þegar" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
þegar Old Icelandic word can mean:
- þegar
- adv.
- þegar
- 1) at once, forthwith (hón gekk ~ til hans);
- þegar
- þá var hann ~ fjarri, then he was already far away;
- þegar
- ~ á unga aldri, when quite young;
- þegar
- ~ í stað, at once;
- þegar
- Þ. bar merkit ~ eptir honum, immediately after him;
- þegar
- 2) ~ er, ~ es, ~ sem, ~ at, as soon as;
- þegar
- 3) = ~ er (~ Skapti vissi þetta, gekk hann til búðar Snorra goða).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚴᛅᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
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