Tjá

Old Icelandic Dictionary - tjá

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "tjá" in English.

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

tjá Old Icelandic word can mean:

tjá
(té, téða, téðr; later tjái, tjáða, tjáðr), v.
tjá
1) to show, exhibit; er honum er téð sverð, when the sword is shown him; t. e-t fyrir e-m, to show it to one;
tjá
2) to tell, report, relate (þá hluti, er þar gørðust, téða ek þér í fyrra bréfi); Gunnarr tjáði, hversu vel þeim hafði farit, G. told how well they had behaved; also, t. e-t fyrir e-m (hann tjáði fyrir konu sinni, at Hrafn væri úskapgæfr);
tjá
3) to show, grant; t. e-m góðvilja, to show one a kindness;
tjá
4) with gen., t. eigi tanna, ‘not to show the teeth’, to take no food (við þessi tíðindi úgladdist mjök G. konungr, svá at hann tjáði eigi tanna);
tjá
5) to be of use, boot, avail, = tjóa, týja, tœja (Þórir sá, at þá mundi ekki t. at leyna);
tjá
6) as an auxil. verb; sól tér sortna, the sun grows dark.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t
eitthvat.
e-m
einhverjum.
gen.
genitive.
n.
neuter.

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