Etja

Old Norse Dictionary - etja

Meaning of Old Norse word "etja" in English.

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

etja Old Norse word can mean:

etja: atti; pres. et; part. att; but etjað, Andr. 625. 73; [it means probably ‘to make bite,’ a causal of eta]:—to make fight, with dat., esp. etja hestum, of horse fights, a favourite sport of the ancients; for a graphic description of this fight see BS. i. 633. Arons S. ch. 18, Glúm. ch. 18, Rd. ch. 12, Nj. ch. 58, 59, Vígl. ch. 7, N. G. l. ii. 126; vide hesta-þing, hesta-at, víg-hestr, etc.

etja: 2. gener. to goad on to fight; atta ek jöfrum en aldri sætta’k, Hbl. 24.

etja: β. etja hamingju við e-n, to match one’s luck with another, FmS. iv. 147; e. kappi við e-n, to match one’s force against one, Ld. 64, Eg. 82; e. vandræðum við e-n, 458; e. saman manndrápum, to incite two parties to manslaughter, Anecd. 14: in a good sense, to exhort, ok etjað þá þolinmæði, Andr. l. c. (rare).

etja: γ. ellipt., etja við e-t, to contend against; e. við aflamun, to fight against odds, Al. 110; e. við liðsmun, id., FmS. i. 42, ix. 39, FS. 122; e. við ofrefli, id., FmS. iii. 9; e. við reiði e-s, Fb. i. 240.

etja: 3. to stretch forth, put forth; hann etr fram berum skallanum, he put forth his bare skull to meet the blows, FmS. xi. 132; (Icel. now use ota, að, in this sense.)

etja: II. reflex., lét eigi sama at etjask við kennimenn gamla, said it was unseemly to hoot old clergymen, Sturl. i. 104; er ofstopi etsk í gegn ofstopa, if violence is put against violence, 655 xxi. 3.

etja: 2. recipr. to contend mutually; ef menn etjask vitnum á, if men contend (plead) with witnesses, N. G. l. i. 247; ok ef þeir vilja andvitnum á etjask, Gþl. 298.

etja: III. the phrase, ettja heyvi (spelt with tt), to fodder (cattle) upon hay, Grág. ii. 278, 340; ettja andvirki, to fodder upon a hayrick, Gþl. 357.

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

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Etja (I)

Abbreviations used:

ch.: chapter.

dat.: dative.

esp.: especially.

etc.: et cetera.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

part.: participle.

pres.: present.

S.: Saga.

gener.: generally.

l. c.: loco citato.

v.: vide.

ellipt.: elliptical, elliptically.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

reflex.: retlexive.

pr.: proper, properly.

recipr.: reciprocally.

Works & Authors cited:

Andr.: Andreas Saga. (F. III.)

Arons S.: Arons Saga. (D. III.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

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

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Rd.: Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Vígl.: Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)

Hbl.: Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)

Anecd.: Anecdoton. (H. II.)

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

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

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