Þjaka

Old Norse Dictionary - þjaka

Meaning of Old Norse word "þjaka" in English.

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

þjaka Old Norse word can mean:

þjaka
að, a later form from þjökka, see below; þjaka and taka make a rhyme, Pass. 23. 12: [Ivar Aasen tjaaka]:—prop. to thwack, thump, smite, hence to afflict: with acc., þóknist honum að þjaka, þitt hold örkumslum með, Pass. l. c.: with dat., þeir hafa bæði hrakt og hrjáð, hrundið og þjakað honum, Pass. 9. 7.
þjaka
2. in the part. þjakaðr, worn, fainting, exhausted; móðr ok þjakaðr af umgangi þeirra, Fas. ii. 452; var hón þjökuð mjök, of one saved from drowning, Þórð. 62; hann var þjakaðr mjök af kulda, Bs. i. 331; þjakaðr af göngu ok erviði, Fb. iii. 366; var hann mjök þjakaðr, Bárð. 17 new Ed.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
dat.
dative.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
prop.
proper, properly.
part.
participle.

Works & Authors cited:

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Bárð.
Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Þórð.
Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)
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