ÞEYSA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ÞEYSA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ÞEYSA

t, [answering þjósa, þaus may be suggested, but is lost, cp. þausnir and þysja, þyss]:—to make to spirt out, gush forth; þeysti Egill upp ór sér spýju mikla, Eg. 553; þeysa vörru, to stir the water, in rowing, Hornklofi.

2 ÞEYSA

II. to make rush forth, to storm, of warfare; þá þeysti hann lið sitt at þeim fram, Fms. viii. 376; þeysa allan her til borgarinnar, Stj.; þá þeysir hann herinn út af sínu ríki, Þiðr. 160; þeysa reiðina, to ride at a gallop, Róm. 287; Mauri þeysa áreiðina, of an attack of horsemen, 314; síðan þeysa þeir herinn allan upp með Rín, Karl. 390, Fms. vi. (in a verse); þeysa flota at e-m, Ht.: with dat., þeysa út óvígum her ór borginni, Þiðr. 28; þeir þeystu þá sem harðast at þeim, rushed on them, Fms. viii. 417, Barl. 53, Th. 78.

3 ÞEYSA

2. absol. þeysa, to ride furiously.

4 ÞEYSA

III. reflex. to rush on; þeystisk of bekki, of a river, Am. 25; þá þeystisk eptir allr múgrinn, Fms. viii. 201; er eigi þeystisk allr senn þessi múgr á oss, 415.

5 ÞEYSA

2. = part., vera auð-þeystr, to be easy to stir, Stor.: fólk-þeysandi, gunn-þeysandi, a stormer, a warrior, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

þᛁᚢᛋᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

absol
absolute, absolutely.
absol.
absolute, absolutely.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.

Works & Authors

Am.
Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Róm.
Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Stor.
Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
Þiðr.
Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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