Feta

Old Norse Dictionary - feta

Meaning of Old Norse word "feta" in English.

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

feta Old Norse word can mean:

feta: in old writers strong, pret. fat, pl. fátu; in mod. usage weak, fetaði, and so in paper MSS., FaS. iii. 492; fötuðu, BS. i. 291, is undoubtedly an error for fátu:

feta: I. to step, with the notion to find one’s way, of one walking in a fog or darkness,

feta: α. act. with acc.; feta braut, Eb. 208 (in a verse); feta leið (acc.), Grág. ii. 44; feta veg sinn, BS. l. c.; menn fátu trautt leið sína í sumum stöðum, Ann. 1300, cp. BS. i. 804.

feta: β. absol., feta burt ór völundar húsi, to find the way out of a labyrinth, Lil. 91; en svá fjarri ferr at ek feta (subj.) þangat, FaS. ii. 284; blindr ok fat eigi til dyranna, Orkn. 192; var ok svá at hann fat af því heim, Grett. 46 new Ed.; fátu þeir eigi heim, Fb. i. 97; ætlaði at hann mundi feta til síðarr, Landn. 146; ok fátu hvergi, and could not find the way, FaS. iii. 401.

feta: II. as an auxiliary verb with an infin.; hve ek yrkja fat, how I did make my poem, Höfuðl. 19; hve ek þylja fat, how I did speak, 3; faztú at árna, thou didst earn, Sighvat; ek fet smíða, I do (can) work, FmS. vi. 170; hann fat gerða, he did gird, Fagrsk. 48; ek fat kjósa, I did choose, Edda 229 (App.); ek fet inna, I do record, Rekst. 29, v. l.; this use, however, although freq. in the poets of the 10th century, became obsolete, and is never met with in prose.

feta: β. in mod. usage, to step, esp. in the phrase, feta í fótspor e-s, to step in one’s foot-prints; þó eg feginn feta vildi fótspor þín, PasS. 30. 10.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

pl.: plural.

pret.: preterite.

S.: Saga.

acc.: accusative.

act.: active.

cp.: compare.

l. c.: loco citato.

n.: neuter.

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

subj.: subjunctive.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

infin.: infinitive.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

esp.: especially.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)

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

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Lil.: Lilja. (A. III.)

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

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Höfuðl.: Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

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