Pína
Old Norse Dictionary - pína
Meaning of Old Norse word "pína"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word pína can mean:pína
- pína
- 1. u, f. [Lat. poena], a fine; undir pínu tólf aura gjalds, BS. i. 733; hverjar pínur skyldask á þá menn, K. Á. 224; banns-pína.
- pína
- 2. in mod. usage, pine, torment, Vídal., PasS.
- pína
- 2. d, [A. S. pînan], to torment, torture, FmS. i. 4, Mork. 221, Grág. ii. 129; pína e-n til sagna, i. 347; þar skulu djöflar pína yðr, Hom. 158, passim.
- pína
- 2. to punish; verk pínt ok lofat, punished or allowed, Mar.; píndr er stuldr, Skálda 204 (in a verse); til þess ér hafit yðrar syndir píndar, Hom. 158.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)