Þýða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þýða

Meaning 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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