Flytja

Old Norse Dictionary - flytja

Meaning of Old Norse word "flytja" in English.

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

flytja Old Norse word can mean:

flytja
pres. flyt: pret. flutti; sup. flutt:—to cause to flit, carry, Gísl. 133; flytja vöru til skips, Nj. 4, Skálda 163, Eg. 125, 194: of trade, to export or import, þenna fjárhlut f. menn þaðan, Sks. 184; kaupmenn er mest gæði flytja landi þessu, Fms. v.i. 122; frillu þá er þú hefir flutt af Noregi, Ld. 34.
flytja
2. metaph., flytja fórn, to bring an offering, Sks. 781.
flytja
β. to perform; flytja skírslu, járnburð, Ld. 58, Fms. v.ii. 149, Hkr. ii. 229.
flytja
γ. to proclaim, preach; hvaða skiru hann flytti, 625. 90: pass., Fms. x. 161: to recite, deliver a poem, speech, etc., flytja kvæði, Ísl. ii. 222; flytja ræðu, to deliver a sermon (mod.): metaph., var sú vísa mjök flutt, the verse was much repeated, went abroad, Fms. i. 48: pass. to be told, Stj. 59, K. Á. 200.
flytja
δ. to help, plead, intercede; flytja eyrindi, Fms. x. 44, v. l.; göfgir menn fluttu þetta mál með honum, Fms. i. 13; nú hefi ek flutt sem ek mun at sinni, Hrafn. 17; cp. af-flytja, to disparage: pass., Sks. 185 B.
flytja
ε. to entertain, support; flytja úmegð, Mar. (Fr.): pass. to support oneself, Bs. i. 705.
flytja
II. reflex. to flit, migrate; hann fluttisk til fjalls upp, Fms. x. 411; fluttisk þá herrinn, ix. 353; fluttusk þeir upp í árós einn, Landn. 57: láta skjóta báti ok fluttisk út á skipit, Nj. 133, Fms. xi. 143; flytjask þeir Ólafr þangat ok kasta akkerum, Ld. 76: ef þér flytisk eigi ór höfninni, Ísl. ii. 127; flytjask fram, to pass, succeed tolerably, Helgi kvað sér við slíkt hafa fram flutzk nokkura stund, Fms. v. 257: þó at nú flytisk fram búið er þú ert við, Band. 2.
flytja
III. part. flytjandi, in the phrase, f. eyrir, movables, money, Grett. 90, Ám. 3, Pm. 22, Dipl. iii. 6.
flytja
β. a conveyer, Grág. ii. 358: metaph. a promoter, Ó. H. 126, Glúm. 349.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
pres.
present.
pret.
preterite.
sup.
supine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
etc.
et cetera.
mod.
modern.
pass.
passive.
cp.
compare.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
reflex.
retlexive.
s. v.
sub voce.
m.
masculine.
part.
participle.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
K. Á.
Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Hrafn.
Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Band.
Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ám.
Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Pm.
Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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