Hít

Old Norse Dictionary - hít

Meaning of Old Norse word "hít" in English.

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

hít
f. a scrip or bag made of the skin of a beast, Sd. 157, Fb. i. 220, Grett.: as a nickname, Fb. iii: metaph. a vast belly, Ísl. ÞjóðS. i. 612: the name of a giantess, Bárð.: the local names Hítar-dalr, Hítar-nes (Landn.) were still at the beginning of this century in that neighbourhood sounded Hitar-dalr, Hitar-nes, with a short i, the original form being Hitár-dalr, Hitár-nes, the dale and ness of the Hot river (a volcanic river), opp. to Kaldá, the Cold river, in the same county. The derivation from a giantess Hít is a mere fiction, and not older than the Bárðar S. Hítnesingr, m. one from Hitarnes, Sturl.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.
opp.
opposed.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Bárð.
Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Sd.
Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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