Tæla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tæla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tæla" in Norwegian.

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

tæla: tæla, v. (ld) af tál (jvf véla af vél) 1) overliste, besnære; miklum tálum ekkveð tældan þik Alv. 36; hug ok sáluhvers manns vill hann æ spilla ok tælahvern mann með svikfullri flærð Flat.II, 39126; er Herodes konungr sá, athann var tæltr af austrvegs konungum,þá - Hom. 8126. 2) tæla um e-t dvs.sysle med noget: ef faðir þínn þykkisteigi mega um þik tæla hér í híbýlumsínum, þá ber ek eigi traust til þessat hafa þik útanlendis með mér Eg.40 (803); svá var hann ok í allri lýzkook í öllu síno athæfi, at trautt þóttimega um tæla Fm. XI, 787. 921; Jómsv.6433. 6712.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛅᛚᛆ
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.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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