Batna
Old Norse Dictionary - batna
Meaning of Old Norse word "batna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word batna can mean:batna
- batna
- að, [v. bati; Ulf. gabatnan], to improve, get better, Nj. 52, Grág. i. 206.
- batna
- 2. impers. medic. term; e-m batnar, one recovers, Fms. iv. 369, v. 22; the disease is added in gen., e-m b. síns meins, sjúkleika, sóttar, Bs. i. 343, Hkr. ii. 312, Eb. 280: at present also with nom.: proverb, batnanda manni er bezt að lifa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛏᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- gen.
- genitive.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- m.
- masculine.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- n.
- neuter.
- nom.
- nominative.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)