Hættur
Old Norse Dictionary - hætturMeaning of Old Norse word "hættur" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hættur
- f. pl. [hætta], the time of leaving off work and going to bed, used chiefly of dairy and household work (cp. the Homeric βουλυτός); hafa góðar hættur, to go early to bed; seinar hættur, being late at work.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛏᛏᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.