Sama

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sama

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sama" in Norwegian.

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

sama: sama, v. (samdi, samat) passe sig, være passende; svá samdi Kristi at láta pín-ast Homil. 7321 (Luc. 24, 26); mart ferrnú annan veg, en bezt mundi samaFlat. II, 3538; þat birtist nú, hversusamat hefir at leyna því Alex. 1257;mæla mál þat, er vel samir Flat. II,5927; þessi forn samir þínni kurteisiEl. 1136; eptir því sem hann vildi okbáðum þeim samdi (sómdi Flat. III,16612; sömdi Fm. X, 833) Iccl. sag. II,24116; ílla samir þér at berjast í mótimér Flat. II, 3535 jvf 35013; Guðr. 2, 27;vil ek sjá, hvernin þér sami skyrtanFld. II, 20130 (Örv. 8010); sama sér veldvs. tage sig godt ud Klm. 46611; Nj. 14(252).

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛆᛘᛆ
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:

c.: Capitel.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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