Þreifa

Old Norse Dictionary - þreifa

Meaning of Old Norse word "þreifa" in English.

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

þreifa Old Norse word can mean:

þreifa: að, [þrífa], to touch, feel with the hand; far þú hingat ok vil ek þ. um þik, Ísl. ii. 342, 343 (of a blind woman); fóstra Helga var því vön at þ. um menn áðr enn til vígs færi, Korm. 4; hann þreifaði þar niðr ok tók þar á sverðs-hjöltum, Ld. 204; myrkr þat at þ. má um, Eluc.; þ. í hönd e-m, to shake one’s hands, Ísl. ii. 207; hann þreifaði um hendr þeim ok strauk um lófana, Fms. v.. 73.

þreifa: II. reflex., þreifast fyrir, to feel for oneself, to grope along, Fms. v. 95.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

þ.: þáttr.

reflex.: retlexive.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eluc.: Elucidarium. (F. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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