Meiða

Old Norwegian Dictionary - meiða

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "meiða" in Norwegian.

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

meiða
meiða, v. (dd) beskadige, mishandle noget saaledes, at man ikke har fuld Nyttederaf, at det ikke længere er fuldstændigteller tilfulde brugbart; kom hagl stórtok meiddi allan ávöxt jarðar Pr. 43610;ef menn skeðja þá jörðu eða meiðaþar landsnytjar GráG. 42019; eigi skalhann annarra manna lönd meiða í veit-onni GráG. 46413 jvf 14 (GrG. II, 9511);tók hann at meiða hof ok hörga enbrjóta skurðgoð Bp. I, 108; meiðit hvertskip svá, at ekki sé sjófœrt Flat. II,40119; rak (viðu) at skipum þeirra, enskipin meiddust Flat. II, 28035; skipitvar meitt neðan Sturl. II, 5827; núhefir yður vangeymsla ok ofrkapp mjökmeiddan várn sigr Fm. VI, 3263 (Flat.III, 36613); þat er ok áverkadrep, efheyrn eða sýn meiðist af GráG. 30217;féllu allir ofan, er á bak vóru komnir,ok meiddust, hestarnir hljópu á sumaok meiddu Bp. I, 4718. 20; G. lék hannheldr ílla ok kvezt mundu meiða hann,ef hann kynni sik eigi EG. 40 (7728);hvor der er Tale om at meiða mann,betegnes derved i Almindelighed en Lem-læstelse: hann kvazt einráðit hafa fyrirsér at meiða hann at nökkuru, blindaeðr gelda Sturl. II, 17625; jvf Sturl.I, 34526 fgg; OH. 635 (Flat. II, 675);Flat. I, 33120; Vatsd. 9 (183).

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚽᛁᚦᛆ
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:

G.
Genitiv.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
p.
Pagina, side.
v.
Verbum.

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