Ná-

Meaning of Old Norse word "ná-"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

ná-

adv. [Ulf. newa = ἐγγύς; A. S. neah; Engl. nigh; Germ. nahe]:—only used in COMPDS, denoting nigh, near: ná-borinn, part. near akin, born, SkS. 274, Hðm. 10, Skv. 3. 11. ná-búð, f. dwelling near to, Þórð. 69, Sturl. i. 88. ná-búi, a, m. a neighbour, Grág. ii. 343, Eg. 60, 108, Ld. 26, Nj. 11, Eb. 24. ná-býli, n. a neighbouring farm. ná-frændi, a, m. a near kinsman, Eg. 252, Ld. 258, FmS. vii. 268, Fb. i. 437, BS. i. 133, 620. ná-frændkona, u, f. a near female relative, BS. i. 288, 620. ná-granna, u, f. a female neighbour, Stj. 260. ná-granni, a, m. a neighbour, FmS. i. 294, Gþl. 107, Barl. 104, MS. 625. 86. ná-grennd, f., and ná-grenni, n. a neighbourhood, Stj. 189, Bárð. 165, Gísl. 92. ná-hendr, adj. a kind of metre, Edda (Ht.) 75. ná-kominn, part. coming near one, touching one nearly; þetta mál er mér nákomit, Sturl. i. 36. ná-kveðinn, part. = náhendr, Edda v. l. ná-kvæma, d, to come near to, BS. ii. 78. ná-kvæmd, f. a ‘near-coming,’ coming near to, proximity, BS. i. 88; í n. við e-n, Mar. ná-kvæmi, f. (mod. ná-kvæmni), exactness, SkS. 443. ná-kvæmliga, adv. minutely, exactly. ná-kvæmligr, adj. exact, minute, ná-kvæmr, adj. ‘nigh-coming,’ near about one’s person, near to one; þeir vóru svá nákvæmir konungi, Stj. 540; svá var Guðs miskunn honum nákvæm, BS. i. 48; var Ólafr konungr honum svá nákvæmr, at …, FmS. vi. 74: metaph. attentive, hón er nákvæmust mönnum til á heita, Edda 16: minute, close, n. í skriptum, BS. i. 871: accurate, exact, nákvæmt svar, SkS. 94 new Ed., freq. in mod. usage. ná-lægð, f. a lying near, nearness, proximity, BS. ii. 57, Rb. 478, freq. in mod. usage: presence, H. E. i. 246, 247. ná-lægjast, d, dep. to approach, Mar. ná-lægr, adj., superl. nálægstr, FS. 26, FmS. xi. 33; þar nálægt, FS. 29: ‘nigh-lying,’ close by, near at hand, Ld. 184; nálægjar, close to one another, Hom. 55; nálæg héruð, Þórð. 3: metaph., Fms, i. 76, 208, v. 290. ná-mágr, m. a near relative by marriage; námágar þrír, ef maðr á dóttur manns, systur eða móður, Grág. i. 29, SkS. 713, n. G. l. i. 80. ná-munda, adj., see mund and miðmundi; vera í námunda, to be close by, Hkr. i. 266, Stj. 189, 255; þat land sem lá í námunda við Jórdan, 107; þeirra verka er hann hafði n. sér, which he was about doing, Barl. 149; at þat sé allt í n. þér (at hand) er þú megir gleði af taka, 14; ganga, koma n. e-u, to come near to, Stj. 15, 40; þat er vissi n. Múspelli, Edda 4. ná-mæli, n. hurtful language, Stor. ná-sessi, a, m. a bench-mate, n. G. l. i. 68. ná-seta, u, f. a sitting near, proximity, Dropl. 32. ná-settr, part. seated near, SkS. 226. ná-skyldr, adj. nearly related, Boll. 336. ná-stæðr, adj. = náskyldr, Thom. ná-sæti, n. = náseta, Grág. i. 51. ná-venzlaðr, part. = náskyldr, Stj. 226. ná-vera, u, f. presence, Stj. 10, 258. náveru-kona, u, f. a midwife, Stj. 248. ná-verandi, part. present, BS. ii. 142, MS. 625. 191. ná-vist, f. presence, Ld. 34, FmS. ii. 229, v. 218, Hom. 124, SkS. 361. ná-vista, u, f. = návist, Al. 59, 119, Hom. 127, Gþl. 139. návistar-kona, u, f. a female neighbour, MS. 4. 5. návistar-maðr, m. a person present, Gþl. 150: a neighbour, 540. návistar-vitni, n. an eye-witness, Gþl. 155. návistu-maðr, m. = návistarmaðr, FmS. ix. 262.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛅ-
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements