Hægja
Old Norse Dictionary - hægjaMeaning of Old Norse word "hægja" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
hægja Old Norse word can mean:
- hægja
- ð, to abate, with dat.; hægja rás sinni, to slacken one’s course, Landn. 251, passim.
- hægja
- 2. metaph. to relieve; h. válaði sitt (sínu), 655 iii. 1: to seek relief for one, of a sick person, var þeim hægt í öllu sem mátti, Fms. xi. 290.
- hægja
- II. impers., of a storm or high sea, to abate; veðrið hægir, það er farið að hægja; as also,
- hægja
- III. reflex. to abate; sjór tók at hægjask, Fms. x. 150: to get smoother, kann vera at hægisk ráðit, Band. 8; er Guð vill láta nokkurn veg hægjask um hans mál, Fms. viii. 19: impers., eptir allt þetta hægisk Fróða lítið, F. became more at ease, Fas. i. 5.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)