Þága
Old Norse Dictionary - þága
Meaning of Old Norse word "þága"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þága
- u, f. [þiggja], a quittance, receipt; hvárki með gjöfum né þargum (sic), Anecd. 72 new Ed.: freq. in mod. usage, mín er þága, it is in my interest; or göra e-t í þágu e-s; þú skalt ekki göra það í mína þágu, thou shalt not do it for my sake.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)