Þéna

Old Norse Dictionary - þéna

Meaning of Old Norse word "þéna" in English.

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

þéna
t and að, later form for þjóna (q. v.), to serve; hann þénti hátíðis-dag, Nik. 73; þéatu, Fas. iii. 358, Th. 4.

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

Abbreviations used:

q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
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