Heyja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 heyja

að, [hey], to make hay, Bs. i. 913, freq. in mod. usage; h. vel (ílla), to get in a good (bad) crop of hay; h. fyrir kýr, ær, hesta, to make hay, as fodder for cows, etc.; and metaph., heyja af fyrir sér, to support oneself, live from hand to mouth.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᚢᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
contr.: contracted.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
etc.: et cetera.
fem.: feminine.
Fr: French in etymologies.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
i. e.: id est.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
neut.: neuter.
p.: page.
part: participle.
part.: participle.
pass.: passive, passively.
pr.: proper.
pres.: present.
pret.: preterite.
recipr.: reciprocally.
S.: South, Southern.
s. v.: sub verbo.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Blas.: Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Hbl.: Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
Hrafn.: Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Mork.: Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
Rd.: Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)
Vígl.: Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)

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Heyja

Heyja

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