Hleytis-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - hleytis-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hleytis-maðr" in English.

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

hleytis-maðr
m. a disciple, apprentice, a rendering of Lat. vicarius, Post. 36, opp. to meistari, analogous to Goth. siponeis, from sifjar, Skálda 180.

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

Abbreviations used:

Goth.
Gothic.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
opp.
opposed.

Works & Authors cited:

Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
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