Þegar

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þegar

Meaning 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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