Mæla
Viking Language Dictionary - mælaMeaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "mæla"
- mæla
- <-ti, -tr> vb (2) to say, speak; leg mæla eptir [e-t]/[e-n] take up the prosecution for [sth]/[sb] (who was murdered or wronged); mæla við [e-n] speak to or with [sb], say to [sb]; mæla með [e-m/e-u] recommend [sb/sth]
Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:
- - Long branch (Danish):ᛘᛅᛚᛅ
- - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛘᛆᛚᛆ
Abbreviations used:
- e-m
- einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
- e-n
- einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
- e-t
- einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
- e-u
- einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
- leg
- legal usage
- n
- neuter
- sb
- somebody
- sth
- something
- vb
- verb