Feti

Old Norse Dictionary - feti

Meaning of Old Norse word "feti" in English.

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

feti Old Norse word can mean:

feti
1. a, m. a stepper, pacer, in compds, há-feti, létt-feti, mál-feti, a high-stepper, light-stepper, etc., poët. names of a race-horse.
feti
2. a, m. [fete, Ivar Aasen], the blade of an axe, Nj. 27, 209.
feti
2. a strand in the thread of the warp.

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

Abbreviations used:

etc.
et cetera.
m.
masculine.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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