Biðja

Viking Language Dictionary - biðja

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "biðja"

biðja
vb (V) to ask, request; beg; command, tell; wish; biðja [e-n] [e-s] ask [sb] for [sth]; biðja gera command to be made

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛅ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛆ

Abbreviations used:

e-n
einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
e-s
einhvers ‘of somebody or something,’ genetive)
sb
somebody
sth
something
vb
verb
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