Þyrja
Old Norse Dictionary - þyrja
Meaning of Old Norse word "þyrja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þyrja
- pres. þyrr; pret. þurði; [see þori]:—to sweep or rush along, only used in poetry; kilir þurðu norðan, Ó. H. (in a verse); flaust þurðu und segli, Fms. x. (in a verse); Rögnvalds kind þurði und randir, … menn þurðut austan, Arnór; hrönn þurði at e-m, Þd. 12; láta mari þyrja fold fetum, to let the steed sweep over the fields, Akv. 13; mál kveð ek okkr fara úrig fjöll yfir, þyrja þjóð yfir, to sweep over the people, Skm. 10, of riding through the air.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚱᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)