Deyða
Old Norse Dictionary - deyða
Meaning of Old Norse word "deyða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- deyða
- dd, [v. dauðr; Ulf. dauþjan; Germ. töden; Swed. döda]:—to kill, put to death, with acc., Ld. 54, Nj. 158, Fms. ii. 270: allit., deyða illum dauða, to put to an ill death, Clem. 57; dræpr ok deyðandi, a law term, Germ. vogelfrei, Gþl. 137; dræpr ok deyðr, N. G. l. i. 351: metaph. (theol.), Fms. ii. 238; d. sik, to mortify one’s lusts, Bs. i. 167.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚢᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- theol.
- theological, theologically.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)