Heyja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - heyja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "heyja" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

heyja: heyja, v. (hey, háði, háiðr) sætte i Gang,istandbringe, = há; heyja sína ferðThom. 11519; heyja sér orðfjölda meðfornum heitum SE. I, 2245; heyja þær(nl. sannkenningar) mest orða fjöldaí skaldskapnum SE. II, 49711; heyjagleði Fm. XI, 109; heyja heimtingGrág. 53616; især heyja þing, leið, dóm,féránsdóm Hárb. 30; Grg. I, 44. 13816.14119; Hrafnk. 1910; heyja bardaga,holmgöngu, orrostu Fm. IV, 24315 (jvfOHm. 3411); Mork. 21622 (Fm. VII,34628); Flat. III, 2395; Heilag. I, 2567;heyja gunni Hund. 1, 44 (45); heyjastvið (nl. bardaga) dvs. give sig i Kampmed hinanden, Bp. I, 66425; Vem. 2461.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚽᛦᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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