Segja

Viking Language Dictionary - segja

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "segja"

segja
vb (3) to say; segja frá [e-u] reveal, tell about [sth]; segja [e-m] til [f somebody or something,’ genetive)">e-s] tell, inform [sb] of [sth]; segja til sín give one’s name

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᛋᛁᚴᛁᛅ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛌᛁᚴᛁᛆ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
e-s
einhvers ‘of somebody or something,’ genetive)
e-u
einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
f
feminine
inf
infinitive
m
masculine
n
neuter
sb
somebody
sth
something
vb
verb
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