Æra

Old Norse Dictionary - æra

Meaning of Old Norse word "æra" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

æra Old Norse word can mean:

æra
1. ð, eira in Ld. 204, FmS. vii. 244. Sturl. i. 72, iii. 103, is evidently the same word, ei = æ, and different from eira, to spare: [from ár = an oar]:—to row, pull; æra undan e-m, æra verðr með árum undan dólga fundi, Skálda (in a verse); rétt er at flýja ok undan at æra, Post. (Unger) 242; see eira, p. 123.
æra
2. ð, [ár = a year], to give a good crop, impers.; því veldr ár at ærir akr (acc.) búmanna spakra, Skálda (in a verse).
æra
3. u, f. [a borrowed word; A. S. âre; O. H. G. êra; mod. Germ. ehre; Dan. ære]:—an honour; the word, appears first about the end of the 13th century; Guði til æru, n. G. l. ii. 469; lof ok æra, MS. 302. 169; lof ok dýrð, heiðr ok æra, Magn. 428; engrar æru verðr, FaS. iii. 430; sæmd ok æra, Mar.
æra
2. in mod. usage also as a law phrase, a civil honour or privilege: in the Middle Ages a person could be sentenced to lose his ‘æra,’ a kind ot civil or social outlawry, cp. Gr. ἀτιμία; hann misti æruna, var dæmdr ærulauS.
æra
COMPDS: ærufullr, ærulauss, æruleysi, æruliGr.
æra
4. ð, to honour; æra ok sæma, Norske Saml. v. 133.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

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Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
acc.
accusative.
impers.
impersonal.
pers.
person.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan.
Danish.
f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
S.
Saga.
cp.
compare.
Gr.
Greek.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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