Möttul-skaut

Old Norse Dictionary - möttul-skaut

Meaning of Old Norse word "möttul-skaut" (or mǫttul-skaut) in English.

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

möttul-skaut (mǫttul-skaut)
n. a mantle-skirt, Korm. 214 (as also the verse), Fms. vi. 243.

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

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛏᛏᚢᛚ-ᛋᚴᛅᚢᛏ
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:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
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