Met-fé

Old Norse Dictionary - met-fé

Meaning of Old Norse word "met-fé" in English.

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

met-fé
n. a ‘prize-thing,’ a thing of singular value, cattle or dead things, Grág. i. 398: of living stock, arðr-óxi gamall á vár, þat er m., 502; hrútr þrévetr ok ellri ok forystu-geldingr (a bell-wether), þat er m., 503; það er metfés-skepna!

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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