Nenna

Old Norse Dictionary - nenna

Meaning of Old Norse word "nenna" in English.

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

nenna Old Norse word can mean:

nenna
t, [Ulf. nanþjan = τολμαν; A. S. nêþan; O. H. G. nendian, whence the Germ. pr. name Ferdi-nand = the doughty, striving]:—to strive, with dat. or infin., but only used in peculiar phrases; nenna e-u or n. at göra e-t, to have a heart, mind for a thing; hann nennti eigi starfi því ok áhyggju, BS. i. 450; sem synir mínir nenni eigi (cannot bear) þessari kyrrsetu lengr, Ld. 262; mun ek eigi n. öðru (I cannot longer forbear to) en fara í móti þeim, Fb. ii. 41; hann kvaðsk eigi lengr nenna at þola háð ok spott, Ísl. ii. 269; ek nennta at vísu at neyta vápna, 366; þeir nenntu eigi at verja sik, Orkn. 78; ólíkr er Gísli at þolinmæði, þvíat þessu mundu engir nenna at ljá nú gripina, þannig sem hann er áðr beiddr, Gísl. 112; eigi nenni ek (I have no mind) at hafa þat saman at veita Högna enda drepa bróður hans, Nj. 145; slíkar eptir-görðir sem hverr nennti (was minded) framast at göra eptir sinn vin eða náung, FmS. viii. 103; ef nokkorir eru þeir er nenna (who wish) at hverfa aptr til bæjarins, 320; nú nenni ek eigi at vér farim svá halloki, Fær. 228; eigi nenni ek því (I cannot forbear) at marka hann eigi, FmS. ii. 61; Gyrgir nennti eigi (could not bear) brott at fara við lítið fé eðr ekki, 152; Hrafn nennti eigi at starfa, H. would not work, was lazy, vi. 102; whence the mod. eg nenni því ekki, I will not, I am too lazy to do it; þú nennir öngu, thou art good for nothing! hann er svo latr … hann nennir ekki neitt að gera, Grönd.
nenna
II. spec. usage, to travel, only in poets; nenna víða, to travel wide, Hallfred; nenna e-m á þingi, to go to meet one, join one, Skm.; glaðir nennum vér sunnan, glad we journey from the south, Edda (in a verse); nenna norðr, to journey northwards; nenna þinnig, to fare thither, Lex. Poët.

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

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Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
dat.
dative.
f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
infin.
infinitive.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
pr.
proper, properly.
S.
Saga.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
spec.
specially.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grönd.
Benedikt Gröndal.
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Skm.
Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
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