Sporna
Old Norse Dictionary - sporna
Meaning of Old Norse word "sporna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sporna
- að, [A. S. spurnan], to spurn, kick, tread on; sporna vóll, Vsp. 28; S. moldveg, Og. 9; sem Absalon spornaði enn á eikinni, Stj. 534. 2 Sam. xvi. 14; en er hann spornar gálgann, Eb. 96, Trist. 3; hann vildi taka af mér hringinn en ek spornaði við, struggled against (= sperrast við), FaS. iii. 395: metaph. to withstand, eigi má við sköpum S., FS. 26; kvað eigi mundu tjá við at S., 22.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚢᚱᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Og.
- Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)