Á-samt
Old Norse Dictionary - á-samt
Meaning of Old Norse word "á-samt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word á-samt can mean:á-samt
- á-samt
- adv. along with:
- á-samt
- 1. loc., in the phrase, vera á., to be together (now saman), esp. of married people, Sturl. 199, Fms. i. 198, cp. Skm. 7.
- á-samt
- β. koma á., to agree, (in mod. usage, koma vel, illa, saman, to be on good, bad terms); þat kom lítt á., they disagreed, Fms. iv. 369; þau kómu vel á., they lived happily together, of married people, Nj. 25, (in mod. usage, þeim kom vel saman); kómu allar ræður á. með þeim, Eg. 750; svá sem þeim kemr á. (impers.), as is agreed on by them, Jb. 116.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅ-ᛋᛅᛘᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- loc.
- local, locally.
- m.
- masculine.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- mod.
- modern.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)