Flet

Old Norse Dictionary - flet

Meaning of Old Norse word "flet" in English.

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

flet Old Norse word can mean:

flet: n. [cp. Scot. and Engl. flat = a story of a house; Dan. fled in fled-föring; A. S. flett = aula; O. H. G. flazi; Hel. fletti = coenaculum, domus; mod. provinc. Germ. fletz]:—a set of rooms or benches, and hence metaph. the house itself; often in pl., chiefly used in poetry and in law.

flet: 1. rooms; flet fagrlig, Vtkv. 6; sitja á fleti fyrir, Hm. 1; ef lengi sitr annars fletjum á, 34; flets strá, rooms strewed with straw, LS. 46; setjask miðra fletja, to be seated in the middle, Rm. 4; vaxa upp á fletjum, 34; láttu á flet vaða gull-skálir, let the golden goblets go round the benches (as the Engl. loving cup), Akv. 10; stýra fletjum, to dwell, keep house, Helr. 10; bera hrör af fletjum, Scot. to lift and carry a body out of the house, to bury, Stor. 4; um flet ok um bekki, FaS. ii. 164.

flet: 2. in law phrases, a house; setja hann niðr bundinn á flet sýslu-manns, to place him bound in the bailiff’s house, Gþl. 147, cp. 534; þá skulu þeir hafa vitni til, ok setja þann mann bundinn á flet hans, n. G. l. i. 162, of compulsory alimentation, cp. Dan. fled-föring; er dóttir hans á fleti, if he has a daughter in the house, 341; ganga á flet ok á borð e-s, to board and lodge with one, D. n. ii. 442.

flet: 3. a couch, in the phrase, rísa ór fleti, to rise up from bed, of a lazy fellow, Gullþ. 14; the word agrees with the mod. use of flet, a flat bed on the floor, = flat-sæng.

flet: COMPDS: fletbjörn and fletvargr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛁᛏ
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.

Hel.: Heliand.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

pl.: plural.

provinc.: provincial.

S.: Saga.

Scot.: Scottish.

v.: vide.

L.: Linnæus.

þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Helr.: Helreið Brynhildar. (A. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Stor.: Sona-torrek. (A. III.)

Vtkv.: Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

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

Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)

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