Fætta

Old Norse Dictionary - fætta

Meaning of Old Norse word "fætta" in English.

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

fætta Old Norse word can mean:

fætta: mod. fækka, which form occurs in MSS. of the 14th century, also fætka; but in a poem of 1246 tí-rætt and fætta are made to rhyme: [fár]:—to make few, reduce in number, in old writers with acc., in mod. with dat.; at fætta skyldi húskarla, Ó. H. 113 (FmS. iv. 255).; Hkr. ii. 183 fækka less correct; ok fætta svá lið þeirra, Fbr. 74 new Ed., but fæcka in Fb. ii. 164, l. c.: reflex. to grow fewer, less, en er Hákon jarl sá fættask liðit á skipum sínum, FmS. i. 174; þegar grjótið fættisk, xi. 95; þá er fattask tóku föng, Sturl. i. 135; at eldiviðrinn tæki at fættask, Orkn. 112; fækkuðusk skotvápnin, Eb. 248.

fætta: 2. to grow cold, unfriendly, (fár II); heldr tók at fækkask með þeim, Vápn. 9, FS. 149.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

dat.: dative.

l.: line.

l. c.: loco citato.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

reflex.: retlexive.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Vápn.: Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)

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