Þýða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þýðaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "þýða" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
þýða Old Icelandic word can mean:
- þýða
- I)
- þýða
- (-dda, -ddr), v.
- þýða
- 1) to win over, attach; ~ sér, to attach to oneself (hann ferr víða um lönd ok þýddi sér fólkit);
- þýða
- 2) to explain, interpret (~ draum);
- þýða
- 3) to signify (hvat ætlar þú þenna draum ~?);
- þýða
- 4) refl., þýðast e-n, to attach oneself to, associate with one; ~st e-n með vináttu, to be on a friendly footing with one; ~st e-m = ~st e-n; Uni þýddist þórunni, dóttur Leiðólfs, U. paid court to Th., daughter of L.; ~st til e-s, undir e-n, to attach oneself to, pay homage to, submit to (vildu þeir heldr ~st undir hans konungdóm en undir Svía-konung; þýddust til hans margir höfðingjar af öðrum löndum).
- þýða
- II)
- þýða
- f. attachment, love.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚦᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- f.
- feminine.
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