Hætting

Old Norse Dictionary - hætting

Meaning of Old Norse word "hætting" in English.

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

hætting
f. danger, risk, Fms. viii. 431, Hkr. ii. 79, Lex. Poët.; hættingar-ferð, f. = hættuferð, Fms. viii. 431.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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