Old Norse Dictionary - dá

Meaning of Old Norse word "dá"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

ð, to admire, be charmed at, a word akin to the preceding, denoting a sense of fascination, a kind of entrancemetit (cp. dar); with acc., dá e-t, dáðu menn mjök danz hans, Sturl. iii. 259; dáðu þat allir, 625. 96, Konr. 59 (Fr.); but esp. and in present usage only dep., dást (mod. dáðst) að e-u, Fms. ii. 192, xi. 429.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

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Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
cp.
compare.
dep.
deponent.
esp.
especially.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Konr.
Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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