Beit

Old Norse Dictionary - beit

Meaning of Old Norse word "beit" in English.

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

beit Old Norse word can mean:

beit: 1. n.

beit: I. pasturage, Grág. ii. 224, 263, 286; á beit, grazing: [in England the rector of a parish is said to have ‘the bite’ of the churchyard.]

beit: COMPDS: beitarland, beitarmaðr, beitartollr.

beit: II. poët. a ship, Lex. poët.

beit: 2. f. a plate of metal mounted on the brim, e. g. of a drinking horn, the carved metal plate on an old-fashioned saddle, Fms. iii. 190; skálir með gyltum beitum, B. K. 84, Bs. ii. 244; cp. Caes. Bell. Gall. 6. 28 (Germani urorum cornua) a labris argento circumcludunt.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

cp.: compare.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

B. K.: Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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