Sinna

Meaning of Old Norse word "sinna"

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

Old Norse word sinna can mean:sinna

sinna

1. t and að, [A. S. siðjan], to journey, travel; enn hverr er austr vill sinna, whosoever travels to the east, Sighvat; ek sé hrafna sinna til hafnar, I see the ravens make for the haven, id.; en man hón sinna til sala þinna, FaS. ii. 34 (in a verse); at sinna með úlfs lifru, to go with the wolf’s sister (Hel, i. e. to perish), Bragi; sinna út, FmS. x. 74 (in a verse); this sense is obsolete and not found in prose.

sinna

II. metaph. to go with one, side with, with dat.; vilda ek at þú sinnaðir frændum mínum, Grett. 9 new Ed.; sem vér höfum skjótliga sinnt ok sannat, Stj. 3; Runólfr sinnaði meir með Árna biskupi, R. sided more with bishop A., BS. i. 709; hann sinnar hvárigum né samþykkir, Stj. 16; sinnta ek því sem ek mátta framast, at …, I pleaded the best I could, that …, BS. i. 845; þeir hétu þá at sinna hans máli, 882; hvárt hann sinnaði meirr þeim erendum, er …, 868.

sinna

2. to mind, care for, give heed to, with dat.; ekki sinni ek hégóma þínum, I heed not thy idle talk, Ísl. ii. 214; ekki sinni ek þínum áburði, Grett. 161; ekki sinni ek fé (I do not mind the money) ef nokkurr vildi ganga í málit, Band. 6; sinnaði Pharao hans ráðum, Ph. gave heed to his rede, Stj. 248; þeir sinntu (took care of) skipum þeim sem skatta fluttu, 233; so in mod. usage, sinna gestum, to attend to the guests; hón sinnaði um engan hlut, she cared about nothing, FaS. iii. 300: in mod. usage also of a person distressed or annoyed, hann sinnir engu, hann er engum sinnandi, he cares about nothing; hón er ekki mönnum sinnandi, hón varð honum aldri sinnandi (of a wife), and many similar instanceS.

sinna

3. part. siding with one, disposed so and so; at þeir væri þér heldr sinnaðir enn í móti, FmS. i. 297; vænti ek at hann sé þér sinnaðr í þraut, Fb. i. 78: part. act., vera e-m sinnandi, to be attentive to one, take care of, Grett. 27 new Ed.

sinna

2. u, f. [from the Germ. sinn], the mind; sinnu-reitr, Skáld H. i. 20: the senses, kvinnan var aldrei með jafnri sinnu ok áðr, Ann. 1407.

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