Árna
Old Norse Dictionary - árna
Meaning of Old Norse word "árna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word árna can mean:árna
- árna
- að,
- árna
- I. [A. S. yrnan, pret. arn, proficisci; cp. Icel. árr, evrendi, etc.], as a neut. verb, only in poetry and very rare, to go forward; úrgar brautir á. þú aptr héðan, Fsm. 2, Gg. 7, FmS. iv. 282, vi. 259; hvern þann er hingað árnar, whoever comes here, Sighvat, Ó. H. 82.
- árna
- II. [A. S. earnian, to earn; Germ, erndten], act. verb with acc. and gen.:
- árna
- 1. with acc. to earn, get, Lat. impetrare; hvat þú árnaðir í Jötunheima, Skm. 40; hon … spurði, hvat hann árnar, … what he had gained, how he had sped (of a wooer), Lv. 33; á. vel, to make a good bargain, FmS. vi. 345: reflex., þykir vel árnast hafa, they had made a good bargain, Bret. 40.
- árna
- 2. with gen. of the thing, to intercede for, pray; á. e-m góðs, to pray for good to one, bless him; á. e-m íls, to curse one, FaS. iii. 439; lífs, to intercede for one’s life, Magn. 532; griða, id., Sturl. ii. 224; var þat flestra manna tillaga, at á. Gizuri kvánfangsins, … to favour him, to give him the bride, FmS. iv. 33; á. e-s við Goð, to intercede for one with God (of Christ and the saints), BS. i. 352. ii. 32.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- neut.
- neuter.
- pret.
- preterite.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- acc.
- accusative.
- act.
- active.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fsm.
- Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Gg.
- Grógaldr. (A. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)