Trega

Old Norse Dictionary - trega

Meaning of Old Norse word "trega" in English.

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

trega Old Norse word can mean:

trega: irreg. verb, pres. tregr, pret. tregði, part. tregað, with suffixed neg. tregr-að, Gh. 2: part. tregnar, Hðm. 1. The mod. form is trega, að, which, though but rarely, occurs in vellums, e. g. tregaði, BS. i. 301, in a vellum of the earlier part of the 14th century; [A. S. tregjan]:—to grieve, used impers.; fjölð er þat er fíra tregr, many are the woes of man, Sdm. 30; tregr mik þat, Gkv. 3. 2; hví tregrað ykkr teiti at mæla, how can ye be glad? Gh. 2; (hana) tregði för friðils, Vkv. 27; þat mál er mik meirr tregi, 35; alla menn tregr fall grams, the king’s death grieves all men, Hkr. i. (in a verse); tregnar iðir, dismal thoughts (?), Hðm. 1; marga menn tregaði mjök andlát Þorláks biskups, many were grieved over Th.’s death, BS. i. 301; munaðar-ríki hefir margan tregað, brought many to grieve, Sól. 10.

trega: 2. in mod. usage, person., hann (nom.) tregaði, he wailed.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

impers.: impersonal.

irreg.: irregular.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

neg.: negative.

part.: participle.

pers.: person.

pres.: present.

pret.: preterite.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

n.: neuter.

nom.: nominative.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Gh.: Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)

Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)

Hðm.: Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Sdm.: Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)

Sól.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)

Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

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