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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