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Meaning of Old Norse word "" in English.

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

f., the gen. iðjar, Hkr. ii. 227, points to a root iði; [this root word with derivatives, which in cognate languages is of rare occurrence, seems prop. to mean a perpetual motion, cp. Swed. and poët. Dan. id]:—a doing; orð ok iðir, words and deeds, Nj. (in a verse); ymissar iðir, Sighvat; leyfð ið, id.; tregnar iðir, sorrows, tears,m. 1; þjóð veit þínar iðir, thy feats, Edda (in a verse); því verðr eigi til iðjar né verðs haldit, it can neither be worked nor sold, Hkr. l. c.

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

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Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetically.
prop.
proper, properly.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Hðm.
Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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