Þræta

Old Norse Dictionary - þræta

Meaning of Old Norse word "þræta"

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

Old Norse word þræta can mean:þræta

þræta
t, or better þrætta, although it is now sounded with a single t; [but in Dan. trætte; cp. A. S. þreâtian, Engl. threaten, though different in sense; or is þrætta assimilated for þrapt, qs. þraptan, whence þrátta. þrætta (?); North. E. threap]:—to wrangle, litigate; nú þræta menn um lögmál, to wrangle about the law, Grág. i. 7; þ- um e-t, FmS. vi. 137: to contradict, Ld. 44, Th. 78; þræta e-s, to deny a charge; hann þrætti þessa áburðar, BS. i. 704, Ld. 34; eigi muntú þessa þurfa at þræta, Fb. i. 556; þ. móti e-m, to contradict, Barl. 148.
þræta
2. recipr., þrætask á, to bandy words, Stj. 559; þann jarðarteig sem vér höfum um þræzk, Dipl. iii. 12; þrætt mun verða í móli ef eigi vita vitni, Nj. 82.

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

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Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
North. E.
Northern English.
qs.
quasi.
S.
Saga.
þ.
þáttr.
pl.
plural.
pr.
proper, properly.
recipr.
reciprocally.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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