Tíða

Old Norse Dictionary - tíða

Meaning of Old Norse word "tíða"

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

Old Norse word tíða can mean:tíða

tíða
d, impers. to long for, wish; mik fara tíðir, I long to go,m. 1; á fjalli eða firði ef þik fara tíðir, Hm. 117; ek get hins, at ykkr vega tíði (subj.), Skm. 24.
tíða
2. reflex., svá at hægra verði at ríta ok lesa, sem nú tíðisk ok á þessu landi, Skálda (Thorodd) 161; hví hafa munkar lága skúa ok rauðar hosur?—Ymist tíðisk nú, Fms. viii. 358.

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

Abbreviations used:

impers.
impersonal.
m.
masculine.
pers.
person.
subj.
subjunctive.
reflex.
retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Skm.
Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
Vþm.
Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
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