Lifna
Old Norse Dictionary - lifna
Meaning of Old Norse word "lifna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lifna can mean:lifna
- lifna
- að, [Ulf. af-lifnan = περιλείπεσθαι; Swed. lämna; Dan. levne]:—to be left; en þeir er lifnuðu (those who were left alive) iðruðusk lögbrota, SkS. 675 B; engir afkvistir munu þar af lifna (to be left) í þessu landi, Fb. ii. 299; en þóat einn leifr lifni eptir, n. G. L. i. 371.
- lifna
- II. to come to life, revive, K. Þ. K. 14, Hkr. i. 102, MS. 623. 26: to remain, Alg. 358.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚠᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Alg.
- Algorismus. (H. III.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)