Elta

Old Norse Dictionary - elta

Meaning of Old Norse word "elta" in English.

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

elta Old Norse word can mean:

elta: t, to chase, with acc.; þeir eltu einn hjört, Flóv. 27 ; elta dýr á spori, Barl. 199; e. sauði, to run after sheep, in order to fetch them back, Nj. 27, Korm. 28 (in a verse); eltu Þjálfa, Hbl. 39; þeir höfðu elt af skipum Tryggva konung, they had driven king T. from his ships, Fms. i. 37; Styrkárr elti þá suðr í Karmsund, ix. 54; hljópu á land upp ok eltu þá, iv. 304, Gullþ. 21; e. öxn með vendi, to drive cattle with a goad, Karl. 471.

elta: β. reflex. to pursue one eagerly; eltask eptir e-m, … Fms. ix. 305: Icel. now say, eltask við e-n, e. g. of catching a horse, sheep, when grazing wild in an open field.

elta: II. to knead, work; elta leir, to mix lime, Stj. 247, cp. Exod. i. 14.

elta: 2. a tanner’s term; e. skinn, to tan a hide, i. e. rub, scratch it, so as to make it soft; ek skal yðra húð elta með klungrum, Stj. 395. Judges viii. 7; elt skinn, tanned hide; óelt skinn, rough hide, (freq.)

elta: 3. = velta, to overthrow, in the Runic phrase, at rita sa varþi es ailti stain þansi eþa heþan dragi, Rafn 188, 194.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

v.: vide.

þ.: þáttr.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

reflex.: retlexive.

cp.: compare.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

i. e.: id est.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Flóv.: Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)

Hbl.: Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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