Þreifa
Old Norse Dictionary - þreifa
Meaning of Old Norse word "þreifa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þreifa can mean:þreifa
- þreifa
- að, [þrífa], to touch, feel with the hand; far þú hingat ok vil ek þ. um þik, Ísl. ii. 342, 343 (of a blind woman); fóstra Helga var því vön at þ. um menn áðr enn til vígs færi, Korm. 4; hann þreifaði þar niðr ok tók þar á sverðs-hjöltum, Ld. 204; myrkr þat at þ. má um, Eluc.; þ. í hönd e-m, to shake one’s hands, Ísl. ii. 207; hann þreifaði um hendr þeim ok strauk um lófana, Fms. v.. 73.
- þreifa
- II. reflex., þreifast fyrir, to feel for oneself, to grope along, Fms. v. 95.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᛁᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)