Þyngja
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þyngjaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "þyngja" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
þyngja Old Icelandic word can mean:
- þyngja
- (-da, -dr), v. to weigh down, make heavy; impers., sóttinni þyngir, the illness grows worse; þyngir e-m, one grows worse (from illness); one grows heavy from sleep;
- þyngja
- refl., ~st, to grow heavy, adverse (tekr nú bardaginn at ~); e-m þyngist = e-m þyngir (þá tók honum at ~st).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚾᚴᛁᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- impers.
- impersonal.
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