Trives

Old Danish Dictionary - trives

Meaning of Old Danish word "Trives", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Trives can mean:

  • go. (isl brifast) i nuv. bet.; Dict (= eresco); naar træl trives, mon ædeling fordrives.PSO 1. 5. — dat (isl preifst); da treffs hand aldrigh mere paa iorden. OP V. 3502; saa well hun woxte, saa well huvn treffuis. DEF IV. 522a; moos, aff huileken de træffuis bedre end drengene, som aade aff kongens mad. Mariager i5; hans kaade hiord den treves smugt. AB I. 231b, 292b; HøjsgG 97. — de overblevne mennesk- er trivedes. Holb Ep (v Bruun) JIL 6.20 — tm.; ingen har treveds paa det sted. PSO I. 413. Jf BadG 124; treven Ovf. — t. om 0: bryde sig om; Br 6810-19 (ovf. I 23747).

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚱᛁᚠᚽᛋ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

et.
enkelttal (singularis).
go.
gærningsord (verbum).
n.
norsk.
t.
tysk.
tm.
tillagsmåde (participium).

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