Þræta
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þrætaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "þræta" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
þræta Old Icelandic word can mean:
- þræta
- I)
- þræta
- (-tta, -tt), v. to wrangle, litigate; ~ e-s, to gainsay, contradict, deny (eigi mun ek þess þuifa at ~); ~ um e-t, to wrangle about (um þetta þrættu þeir); ~ í móti, to gainsay contradict.
- þræta
- II)
- þræta
- f. quarrel, wrangling, litigation (þar sló í þrætu).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛅᛏᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- f.
- feminine.
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