Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1

1. mod. ha, interj. eh? (what did you say?), Sks. 304, 365; in the last century the long vowel was still sounded in the east of Icel.

2

2. ð, in the phrase, e-m háir, one is pinched or worn by sickness, work, or the like; honum háir það, snarpr sultr hár (pinches) mannkyni, Merl. 2. 31; nú vill oss hvervetna há, everything vexes us, Fas. iii. 12, freq. in mod. usage. The part. háðr (háðr e-m, depending upon one, subservient to one, ó-háðr, independent) belongs either to há or to heyja.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Merl.
Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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