Þeysa

Old Norse Dictionary - þeysa

Meaning of Old Norse word "þeysa" in English.

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

þeysa Old Norse word can mean:

þeysa: t, [answering þjósa, þaus may be suggested, but is lost, cp. þausnir and þysja, þyss]:—to make to spirt out, gush forth; þeysti Egill upp ór sér spýju mikla, Eg. 553; þeysa vörru, to stir the water, in rowing, Hornklofi.

þeysa: II. to make rush forth, to storm, of warfare; þá þeysti hann lið sitt at þeim fram, Fms. viii. 376; þeysa allan her til borgarinnar, Stj.; þá þeysir hann herinn út af sínu ríki, Þiðr. 160; þeysa reiðina, to ride at a gallop, Róm. 287; Mauri þeysa áreiðina, of an attack of horsemen, 314; síðan þeysa þeir herinn allan upp með Rín, Karl. 390, Fms. vi. (in a verse); þeysa flota at e-m, Ht.: with dat., þeysa út óvígum her ór borginni, Þiðr. 28; þeir þeystu þá sem harðast at þeim, rushed on them, Fms. viii. 417, Barl. 53, Th. 78.

þeysa: 2. absol. þeysa, to ride furiously.

þeysa: III. reflex. to rush on; þeystisk of bekki, of a river, Am. 25; þá þeystisk eptir allr múgrinn, Fms. viii. 201; er eigi þeystisk allr senn þessi múgr á oss, 415.

þeysa: 2. = part., vera auð-þeystr, to be easy to stir, Stor.: fólk-þeysandi, gunn-þeysandi, a stormer, a warrior, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

dat.: dative.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

reflex.: retlexive.

part.: participle.

Works & Authors cited:

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

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ht.: Hátta-tal. (C. I.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

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

Stor.: Sona-torrek. (A. III.)

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