Fat

Old Norse Dictionary - fat

Meaning of Old Norse word "fat" in English.

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

fat Old Norse word can mean:

fat: n., pl. föt, [as to the root, cp. Germ. fassen = to compass, which word is unknown to Icel.; A. S. fæt; Old Engl. fat, mod. vat; O. H. G. faz; Germ. fass; Dan. fad; Swed. fat]

fat: 1. a vat; kona vildi bera vatn, en hafði ekki fatið, BS. ii. 24: eitt fat (basket) með vínberjum, G. H. m. iii. 98; vín ok hunang í fötum fullum, n. G. l. iii. 122.

fat: β. luggage, baggage; bera föt sín á skip, Jb. 406; bera föt á land, Eg. 393; elti Hákon á land ok tók hvert fat þeirra, FmS. vii. 215; hafa hvert fat á skipi, vi. 37, Grág. ii. 59; fyrr en hann fari á brot ór vist með föt sín frá bóanda, i. 300.

fat: 2. in pl. clothes, dress; hann hafði föt sín í fangi sér, en sjálfr var hann naktr, Lv. 60, BS. ii. 47, Hrafn. 23: metaph., falla ór fötum, to be stripped, forgotten, 655 xxxi. 1.

fat: COMPDS: fatabúningr, fatabúr, fatagörvi, fatahestr, fatahirzla, fatahrúga, fatakista, fatstöturr.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

L.: Linnæus.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

Hrafn.: Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Also available in related dictionaries:

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.