Þrá

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þrá

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "þrá" in English.

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

þrá Old Icelandic word can mean:

þrá
I)
þrá
(þrá, þráða, þráðr), v. to long, yearn (slá ekki slíku á þik, at ~ eptir einni konu);
þrá
refl., þrást á e-t, to long for a thing.
þrá
II)
þrá
f. longing, yearning;
þrá
leggja þrár í e-t, to yearn after a thing.
þrá
III)
þrá
n. obstinacy (Hrafn harðnaði í sínu þrái við biskup);
þrá
í ~ e-m, in defiance of, in spite of (gerði þat hverr í ~ öðrum);
þrá
honum þótti þat mjök gert í ~ sér, in his despite, in order to thwart him;
þrá
ganga á ~, to veer round and become contrary, of wind (því næst gekk veðr á ~).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t
eitthvat.
f.
feminine.
n.
neuter.
e-m
einhverjum.

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