Mat

Old Norse Dictionary - mat

Meaning of Old Norse word "mat" in English.

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

mat: n. an estimate; the truer form is mát (like dráp, nám, gát, át, from drepa …); the word was originally a Norse law term, and is not found in the Grág., but was, at the union with Norway, adopted in Icel., where it soon lost its long vowel; it is actually spelt maat (i. e. mát) in D. n. ii. 225 (maats menn = taxation); eptir sex manna máti, Jb.; eptir góðra manni máti, Vm.; eptir máti, id. (Mr. Jón Thorkelsson).

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

Similar entries:

Mat (II)

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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