Þyngja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þyngja

Meaning 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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