Þrota
Old Norse Dictionary - þrota
Meaning of Old Norse word "þrota"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þrota
- að, impers. there is lack or want of a thing; ef þik þrotar föng, Fb. iii. 403; ráðin þrotar fyrir honum, there is lack of counsel for him, he is at his wit’s end, Al. 105; bæði þrotar Klæng biskup móð ok mátt, H. E. i. 239.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- impers.
- impersonal.
- l.
- line.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)