Æ
Old Norse Dictionary - æMeaning of Old Norse word "æ" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- æ
- interj. dolentis; the oldest form was ai (aï), q. v.; [Germ. au, au au; but also ai, so used by Goethe, ich sterbe ai! exactly as in old Icel., cp. Grimm’s Dict. i. 199; cp. Gr. αἴ αἴ]:—ah! hann braut rif sín ok lesti öxlina, ok kvað við, ai ai! crying ah ah! Þorf. Karl. 390, v. l.; göróttr er drykkr inn, ai! Sæm. 118 (certainly so, see p. 41, col. 1 at the bottom); æ þat er veinon, Skálda 171: there is a curious play on the words á, sounded ā (ovem) and aï,—‘hrútr’ segir hann—þó mun eigi of skipat til ánna (the ewes, gen. pl.) þeirra er þer nefndut í gær, jarls-menn, þá er þér fenguð áverka, Fms. xi. 149: at the present day the sound made by Icel. crying out from pain is written æ, sounded aï; whereas the Dan. is aü, as in Germ.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Similar entries:
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)
- Þorf. Karl.
- Þorfinns Saga Karlsefnis. (D. II.)