Móta

Old Norse Dictionary - móta

Meaning of Old Norse word "móta" in English.

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

móta Old Norse word can mean:

móta: að, to stamp, coin; móta penning, passim in mod. usage; mótaðr (stamped) pundari, mótaðr penningr, Rétt., Flóv.

móta: 2. metaph. to mark; skyldim vér þannig móta oss mest sem Guð kenndi postulum sínum, ok kvað þá eigi ella mega komask í himinríki nema þeir væri þannig mótaðir, Hom. (St.), Fr.

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

Abbreviations used:

mod.: modern.

v.: vide.

Fr.: French in etymologies.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Flóv.: Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)

Rétt.: Réttarbætr. (B. II.)

Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

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