Tœma

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tœma

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tœma" in Norwegian.

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

tœma
tœma, v. (md) 1) tømme; tœma hús Frost.13, 1; tœmi hann bygð hjarta várs frálöstum Homil. 19310; fylla himinríkiþann hlut, er englar tœmdu firir mikil-læti sínu Hb. 1312. 2) gjøre ledig;þat skaltu víst hugleiða, at á hverristundu er þú mátt þik til tœma, atminnask á nám þítt - Kgs. 618; fyrirhvern skyld tœmir þú þik eigi allantil eptirlætiss ok munuðlífis Stj. 1443;tœmast, v. r. dvs. blive ledig: skipa kirkjurlærðum mönnum þar sem þær tœmdustDN. III, 34; réðo sik frá alþýðu skjali,at þeir mætti tœmask ofvalt til bœnaok sjá við öllum tómum orðum Homil.4118; at hugr várr tœmisk til himn-eskrar hvíldar þá es líkaminn hvíliskaf erfiði Homil. 2728; tœmast til þessat heyra ok halda boðorð guðs Post.72022; Heilag. I, 28517. 55824; Leif. 1575;arfr tœmist e-m dvs. tilfalder en ved Arve- laderens Død, Eg. 8 (142); Frost. 9, 29.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚯᛘᛆ
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:

f.
Feminin.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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