Dá
Old Norse Dictionary - dá
Meaning of Old Norse word "dá"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dá can mean:dá
- dá
- n. [the root word of deyja, dauðr].
- dá
- 1. catalepsy; Icel. say, liggja í dai or sem í dái, to lie motionless, without stirring a limb and without feeling pain; hann vissi þá ekki til sin longum, ok þúui þá sem hann lægi í dái, Bs. i. 336, Fas. ii. 235: falla í da, to fall into a senseless state, Bs. i. 451.
- dá
- 2. it is medic, used of the relieving swoon, like the sleep which follows after strong paroxysms, Fél. ix. 204; it is different from aungvit (swoon) or brotfall (epilepsy).
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:
- n.
- neuter.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fél.
- Félags-rit.