Metta

Old Norse Dictionary - metta

Meaning of Old Norse word "metta" in English.

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

metta Old Norse word can mean:

metta: að, [matr], to fill with food; Jesus mettar fjórar þúsundir manna, Icel. Almanack for the 7th Sunday after Trinity, and passim in mod. usage: reflex. mettask, to eat one’s fill.

metta: II. in old writers chiefly in the part. mettr, having eaten one’s fill; having done; þveginn ok m., Hm. 60; ok er Egill var m., Eg. 566; þá var Flosi m., ok af borit af borðinu, Nj. 176; görðu þeir þá eld ok matbjuggu, en er þeir vóru mettir, Fms. i. 9, 209, ix. 353, Glúm. 357, Fs. 105, Eb. 20; en þeir neyttu ok urðu mettir, Mark viii. 8.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

reflex.: retlexive.

m.: masculine.

part.: participle.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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