Þrjóta

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

þrjóta Old Icelandic word can mean:

þrjóta

(þrýt; þraut, þrutum; þrotinn), v. impers.;

þrjóta

1) þrýtr e-t (acc.) it fails, comes to an end; en er veizluna þrýtr, when it came to the end of the banquet; þar til er þraut dalinn, till the dale ended (among the hills); þar til er þraut sker öll, till there was an end of all the skerries; seint þrýtr þann, er verr hefir, the man with a bad case has a hundred excuses;

þrjóta

2) with acc. of person and thing (e-n þrýtr e-t); en er hann (acc.) þraut orendit, when breath failed him; Hrapp þraut vistir í hafi, H. ran short of food at sea;

þrjóta

3) to become exhausted, fail; mara þraut óra, our steeds were exhausted.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᚢᛏᛅ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary