Dylja

Old Norse Dictionary - dylja

Meaning of Old Norse word "dylja" in English.

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

dylja Old Norse word can mean:

dylja: pret. duldi and dulði, part. duldr, duliðr, FmS. ii. 97; dulinn, Fb. i. 11 (Hdl. 7), FS. 97 (MS. Arna-Magn. no. 132); [Swed. dölja; Dan. dölge]

dylja: I. to conceal, hide, with acc. of the person, gen. of the thing concealed; d. e-s, to disavow, deny, dissemble; ætla ek því alla (þá varla ?) kunna at dylja þessa ráða, they can hardly deny it, Eg. 49; Þórir dylr þess ekki, 173; Eysteinn duldi ok þeirra orða fyrir sik, E. said he had never said such a thing, FmS. ix. 329; þó duldu þeir ekki illvirkja sinna, they denied not their guilt, confessed it, SkS. 583: with following subj., en allir duldu at né eitt vissi til Hrapps, all dissembled, Nj. 133; en ef umboðsmaðr dylr (disavows), at hann hafi við umboði tekið, Gþl. 375.

dylja: II. reflex. to conceal, hide oneself; ok kendi brátt … þó at hann dyldisk, FmS. ii. 173; ok fékk hann svá dulzk fyrir honum, at eigi vissi jarl …, he hid himself (his thoughts) so well, that …, viii. 16; at þat sé flugumenn, ok vili dyljask (disguise themselves) undir múnka búnaði, vi. 188.

dylja: 2. metaph., d. við e-t, to conceal for oneself; þurfu vér eigi at dyljask við, at …, FmS. v. 1; megu þeir þá eigi við dyljask, at ek hefi drepit hann, Grett. 155 A; en Sveinn duldisk við þat, S. shrank from believing it, Orkn. 298; ekki dyljumk ek við (I don’t disavow) skuldleika okkra, Ld. 40; en ef goði dylsk við (disavows) þingfesti þess manns, Grág. i. 23; trúit þessu eigi meðan þér megit við dyljask, believe it not as long as you can disavow it, i. e. till you get full evidence, FmS. ix. 477: dyljask í e-u; Eiríkr konungr þarf nú ekki at d. í því, at …, king E. cannot conceal it for himself, that …, Eg. 424, Þiðr. 118, 191, 196.

dylja: III. part. pasS., the phrase, vera (ganga) duliðr (duldr, dulinn) e-s, or vera d. at e-u, to be unaware, to be kept in ignorance of a thing; hefir hon verið alls þessa duld, Vígl. 33; en at þú gangir lengr duliðr þess er skylt er at vita, than that thou shouldest be longer ignorant of things which all people ought to know, Edda 13; veit engi ætt mína, ok ganga þess allir duldir, FmS. viii. 21; dulin ertú Hyndla, H., thou art mistaken, Hdl. 7; ok ertú of mjök dulinn at honum, herra, thou, my lord, art too much mistaken about him, i. e. trustest him too well, FS. 97, cp. FmS. ii. 57: the phrase, e-t fer, gengr, dult, is hidden, kept secret.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

no.: number.

part.: participle.

pret.: preterite.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

acc.: accusative.

gen.: genitive.

subj.: subjunctive.

reflex.: retlexive.

i. e.: id est.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

cp.: compare.

gl.: glossary.

pass.: passive.

Works & Authors cited:

Arna-Magn.: Arna-Magnacanus.

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Hdl.: Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)

Magn.: Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Vígl.: Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)

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