NA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

NA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 NA

a suff. demonstr. particle, see Gramm. p. xxxviii, col. 2 (III); esp. freq. in mod. usage in the words hér-na, þar-na, ha-na, nú-na, svá-na (proncd. svo-na or so-na), q. v., Band. 18; as also þér-na, Fms. vi. 422; þat-na, MS. 623. 19; þess-na, Fas. ii. 147; við-na, Fms. iii. 73; gær-na, vi. 254: with verbs rarely, var-na, Fas. ii. 174: part. spurt-na, Fb. i. 433; satt-na, Bs. i. 469, v. l.: and lastly in the pers. pron. ha-nn, hó-n.

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
dat.
dative.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
impers
impersonal.
impers.
impersonal.
infin.
infinitive.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
neg
negative, negatively.
neg.
negative, negatively.
p.
page.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
pers.
person, personal.
pl.
plural.
pr.
proper.
pres.
present.
pret.
preterite.
pron.
pronoun, pronominal, pronominally.
proncd.
pronounced.
q. v.
quod vide.
recipr.
reciprocally.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.
S.
South, Southern.
subj.
subjunctive.
suff
suffix.
suff.
suffix.
uff.
suffix.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Band.
Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Dropl.
Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fagrsk.
Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Íb.
Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
O. H. L.
Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Skáld H.
Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)
Sól.
Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Stor.
Sona-torrek. (A. III.)

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