Nauðga
Old Norse Dictionary - nauðga
Meaning of Old Norse word "nauðga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word nauðga can mean:nauðga
- nauðga
- að, [nauðigr], to compel, force, 625. 71: with dat., n. e-m til e-s, nauðga mönnum til blóta, 65, Fms. i. 129, xi. 181, Nj. 134; n. e-m til sagna, Fb. 46 new Ed.:—to ravish, Lat. violare, K. Á. 214.
- nauðga
- II. reflex. to be compelled, Fms. xi. 432; fyrir því nauðgumk ek til, I am compelled, 580 A. 2.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛅᚢᚦᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)