Linna
Old Norse Dictionary - linna
Meaning of Old Norse word "linna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word linna can mean:linna
- linna
- t, [Ulf. af-linnan = ἀποχωρειν, Luke ix. 39; cp. A. S. b-linnan; Shetl. and Scot. linn; Old Engl. b-lin]:—to cease, leave off, with dat. to stop; hann linnir eigi fyrr, en …, Fb. i. 210; linna þau eigi fyrr en heima, Vígl. 81 new Ed.: absol., þá linnir þessa líkams vist, a hymn.
- linna
- II. imperS., with dat., it ceases, abates; en er því linnti, but when it ceased, Landn. 218, v. l.; en er því linnti, þá greiða þeir atróðr, Fb. ii. 43; ekki linnir umferðunum um Fljótsdalinn enn, Snót.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Snót
- Snót, poems.