Nýsa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nýsa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nýsa" in Norwegian.

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

nýsa: nýsa, v. (st) stikke Næsen frem, ned for dermed at drage Veiret, snuse, veire efternoget, søge at faa opsporet noget (viðra,draga veðr af e-u); sá hann leon einnmikinn koma til sín, ok gékk þar til,sem líkit lá, ok nýsti at sporum þeirrarennar helgu konu Heilag. I, 49411; ennvari gestr, er - eyrum hlýðir en augomskoðar; svá nýsist fróðra hverr fyrir(dvs. nýsir hverr fróðra fyrir sik) Hm. 7;nýsta ek niðr, nam ek upp rúnar Hm.139. - Dette Verbum staar vistnok iForbindelse med Substantivet njósn, somsynes vise tilbage paa eller forudsætte etældre Verbum njósa, jvf ags. neosjan,gsax. njusjan, njuson, ght. njusian, got.biniuhsian, jvf DGr. II, 22. I gn. fore- kommer baade hnýsa og nýsa, af hvilke Former s. Bugge i NFkv. 44a33 synes at foretrække nýsa som den oprindeligeog derved har Støtte i de beslægtedeSprog; men for hnýsa synes dog paa den anden Side Folkespr. snuse (Aasen723b35, ogsaa d. snuse, snuse op, = sv.nýsa ut Rietz 468b25) at tale.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛦᛋᛆ
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:

gn.: gammelnorsk.

got.: gotisk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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