Þeysa
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þeysaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "þeysa" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
þeysa Old Icelandic word can mean:
- þeysa
- (-ta, tr), v.
- þeysa
- 1) to spirt out, gush forth (þeysti E. upp ór sér spýju mikla);
- þeysa
- 2) to make rush on (þá þeysti hann líð sitt at þeim fram); ~ reiðina, to ride at a gallop; with dat. (~ út úvígum her ór borginni); absol., þeir þeystu þá sem harðast at þeim, they rushed violently on them;
- þeysa
- 3) refl., ~st, to dash, rush on (þá þeystist eptir allr múgrinn).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚢᛋᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- dat.
- dative.
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