Hneitir

Old Norse Dictionary - hneitir

Meaning of Old Norse word "hneitir" in English.

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

hneitir: m. [hneita, the verb], Cutter, name of the sword of St. Olave, Lex. Poët. passim, but only after St. Olave’s time; neither can the verse in Gísl. 65 have been composed before that time: a vanquisher, Þd.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Þd.: Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)

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