Kjöt

Old Norse Dictionary - kjöt

Meaning of Old Norse word "kjöt" (or kjǫt) in English.

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

kjöt Old Norse word can mean:

kjöt (kjǫt): n., also proncd. ket, dat. kjötvi, mod. kjöti; [a Scandin. word; found neither in Saxon nor Germ.; Scot. ket = carrion; Dan. kjöd; Swed. kött]:—flesh, meat, Lat. caro; heitt kjöt, Fms. vii. 159, 160; ok suðu vér þær með öðru kjöti, Fb. ii. 376; eta kjöt, K. Þ. K. 130, 136: þat er kjöt er menn láta af naut, færsauði, geitr ok svín, 130; varna við kjötvi, to abstain from meat, 134, passim: in plur. stores of meat, þau kjöt sem til þess eru niðr lögð á vegum, Stj. 71; gengu kjötin því harðara sinn veg, Bs. ii. 144.

kjöt (kjǫt): COMPDS: kjötát, kjötáta, kjötlær, kjötmatr, kjötstykki, kjötvaxinn, kjötætr.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, kjöt may be more accurately written as kjǫt.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

Germ.: German.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

plur.: plural.

proncd.: pronounced.

Scandin.: Scandinavia, Scandinavian.

Scot.: Scottish.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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