Samna

Old Norse Dictionary - samna

Meaning of Old Norse word "samna" in English.

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

samna Old Norse word can mean:

samna: að, also spelt safna, and so in mod. usage, [saman; cp. Germ. sammeln], to gather, collect, with dat., and so in mod. usage; samna Niflungum, Akv. 17; s. liði, Eg. 9; s. herliði, 10; s. her, Fms. i. 12; s. geldfé, Eg. 740, 741; þeir söfnuðu at sér mönnum, Nj. 23; var víðar safnat, Eg. 32: metaph., samna skrökvi, to put together slander, Lex. Poët.: with acc., samna mikinn her, Fms. x. 337; s. saman mikit fólk, 289; s. lið nakkvat, xi. 27; hann samnar þat ok saman dregr, Stj. 99; saman samnandi týndar þjóðir, 402.

samna: II. reflex. to gather together; þeir samnaðusk saman, Fms. i. 136; söfnuðusk þeir saman, Eg. 59; honum samnask útöluligr herr, Al. 17; þá er Páli þótti safnask (increase) fjárhlutr sá, Bs. i. 135.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

cp.: compare.

dat.: dative.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

mod.: modern.

v.: vide.

l.: line.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

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

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

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