Deyða

Old Norse Dictionary - deyða

Meaning of Old Norse word "deyða" in English.

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

deyða: dd, [v. dauðr; Ulf. dauþjan; Germ. töden; Swed. döda]:—to kill, put to death, with acc., Ld. 54, Nj. 158, Fms. ii. 270: allit., deyða illum dauða, to put to an ill death, Clem. 57; dræpr ok deyðandi, a law term, Germ. vogelfrei, Gþl. 137; dræpr ok deyðr, N. G. l. i. 351: metaph. (theol.), Fms. ii. 238; d. sik, to mortify one’s lusts, Bs. i. 167.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

lit.: literally.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Swed.: Swedish.

theol.: theological, theologically.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Clem.: Clements Saga. (F. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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