Samna
Old Norse Dictionary - samna
Meaning of Old Norse word "samna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word samna can mean:samna
- samna
- að, also spelt safna, and so in mod. usage, [saman; cp. Germ. sammeln], to gather, collect, with dat., and so in mod. usage; samna Niflungum, Akv. 17; s. liði, Eg. 9; s. herliði, 10; s. her, Fms. i. 12; s. geldfé, Eg. 740, 741; þeir söfnuðu at sér mönnum, Nj. 23; var víðar safnat, Eg. 32: metaph., samna skrökvi, to put together slander, Lex. Poët.: with acc., samna mikinn her, Fms. x. 337; s. saman mikit fólk, 289; s. lið nakkvat, xi. 27; hann samnar þat ok saman dregr, Stj. 99; saman samnandi týndar þjóðir, 402.
- samna
- II. reflex. to gather together; þeir samnaðusk saman, Fms. i. 136; söfnuðusk þeir saman, Eg. 59; honum samnask útöluligr herr, Al. 17; þá er Páli þótti safnask (increase) fjárhlutr sá, Bs. i. 135.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᛘᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
- l.
- line.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)