Naut

Old Norse Dictionary - naut

Meaning of Old Norse word "naut" in English.

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

naut Old Norse word can mean:

naut: n. [from njóta; A. S. neât; Engl. neat; Scot. nout; O. H. G. nôz; Dan. nöd]:—cattle, oxen: plur., naut ok sauði, FmS. ii. 92, vi. 69, Ld. 160, FS. 26, 128; ef hann hefir oxa í nautum sínum, n. G. l. i. 25; láta inn naut, Gísl. 20; hann knýtir saman halana á nautunum, 29; gæta nauta, Bjarn. 32; hann kom til nautanna, ok stangaði hvert annat, Grett. 112; þessi vetr var kallaðr sandvetr, þá dó hundrað nauta fyrir Snorra Sturlusyni á Svignaskarði, Sturl. ii. 93 (of herds of cattle grazing in the mountain pastures during winter); kunna ek á ísleggjum, en þú kunnir þat eigi heldr en naut, FmS. vii. 120; nauta fjöldi, flokkr, a drove of cattle, Glúm. 342, Stj.; naut mörg, Eg. 743; nauts belgr, skinn, húð, a neat’s hide, skin, Landn. 212, Hkr. iii. 80, Eb. 136, SkS. 184; nauts höfuð, rófa, síða, Grett. 116, Eb. 276, FmS. ii. 139; nauts fall, a neat’s carcase, FmS. v. 21; nauts búkr, id., Eb. 220, FmS. ix. 309; nauts blóð or nauta blóð, Landn. 258, Hdl. 10; nauts bein, FmS. ii. 142; nauts virði, a neat’s worth, price of a head of cattle, D. n.; nauts fóðr, ‘a neat’s fodder,’ a measure of hay enough to keep one cow through winter, Eb. 260: metaph. a nout, blockhead, hann er naut, cp. nautheimskr: local names, Naut-eyri, Nauta-bú, Dan. Nödebo, Landn.

naut: COMPDS: nautaafréttr, nautabeit, nautabrunnr, nautadauði, nautaferill, nautafjós, nautaflokkr, nautagæzla, nautahellir, nautahlaða, nautahundr, nautahöfn, nautamaðr, nautamark, nautamatr, nautasveinn, nautatík, nautatún, nautavara, nautaverk.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

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

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

plur.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Scot.: Scottish.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

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

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

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

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Hdl.: Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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