Definitions
Definitions
1 seina
að, [Ulf. sainjan = βραδύνειν; Germ. sehnen, but only in a metaph. sense]:—to delay, slacken; skynda skal hverr sem einn at snúask til Guðs meðan hann má, at eigi seini hann, lest he be too late, Hom. 13: seina e-u, to delay; verðr mein ef því seinum, Leiðarv. 39: s. at hróðri, to lag with his verses, Orkn. (in a verse).
2 seina
2. esp. in the part. seinat, too late, mun nú eigi um seinat at flýja, Fms. viii. 162; of seinat hefir þú at segja, thou hast delayed too long. Fas. i. 196; ok er þó of seinat, Ld. 144, Fms. ii. 195; svá at eigi verði seinat, lest it be too late, xi. 114; seinat er nú, systir, at samna Niflungum, Akv. 17.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
seina
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "seina" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).