Fítón-

Old Norse Dictionary - fítón-

Meaning of Old Norse word "fítón-" in English.

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

fítón- Old Norse word can mean:

fítón-
in compds; hence the mod. fítungr, m. frenzy; [from the Gr. Πύθων; mid. Lat. phitones = wizards, Du Cange; phitoness = Πυθώνισσα, a witch, Chaucer.]
fítón-
COMPDS: fítónsandi, fítónskona, fítónslist, fítónsmaðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

Gr.
Greek.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mid. Lat.
middle Latin.
mod.
modern.

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