Bægja
Old Norse Dictionary - bægjaMeaning of Old Norse word "bægja" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
bægja Old Norse word can mean:
- bægja
- ð, (an old pret. bagði, Haustl. 18), [bágr], with dat. to make one give way, push one back; tröll-konan bægir honum til fjallsins, BS. i. 464; b. skipi ór lægi, to push the ship from her moorings, FmS. vii. 114; b. vist sinni, to change one’s abode, remove, Eb. 252; þeim bægði veðr, of foul wind, Eg. 245; honum bægði veðr, ok bar hann til eyja þeirra er Syllingar heita, the weather drove him from his course, and he was carried to the islands called Scilly, FmS. i. 145.
- bægja
- β. absol. to binder; ef eigi b. nauðsynjar, Grág. i. 446.
- bægja
- 2. metaph. to treat harshly, oppress one, BS. i. 550. 3. reflex. with the prep. við; b. við e-n, to quarrel; þá vill hann eigi við þá bægjask, Ld. 56; þá var við enga at bægjask (none to dispute against) nema í móti Guðs vilja væri, BS. i. 128.
- bægja
- β. bægjask til e-s, to contend about a thing, but with the notion of unfair play; betra er at vægjask til virðingar en b. til stór-vandræða, FmS. vii. 25.
- bægja
- γ. impers., bægðisk honum svá við, at …, things went so crookedly for him, that…, Grett. MS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- pret.
- preterite.
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
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