Meina
Old Norse Dictionary - meina
Meaning of Old Norse word "meina"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- meina
- irreg., pret. meinti, but pres. meina, meinar; part. meint; [a for. word from the Engl. or Germ.; it first occurs about or a little before the time of the Reformation; Germ. meinen; Engl. mean]:—to mean; the passage, Landn. 333, is in the words of Björn á Skarðsá; ek meinti, Bárð. 6 new Ed., is from a paper MS., as are also FaS. i. 499 and iii. 488; the word, however, occurs in the Ósv. S. (a vellum of the 15th century), and is naturalised in mod. usage, Vídal., PasS., n. T. passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛁᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- for.
- foreign.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- irreg.
- irregular.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Björn
- Biörn Halldórsson.
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Ósv.
- Ósvalds Saga. (K. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.