Neit

Old Norse Dictionary - neit

Meaning of Old Norse word "neit" in English.

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

neit
n. pl. flour, efflorescence, a απ. λεγ.; neit Menju góð, the costly flour of Menja, i. e. gold, Skv. 3. 50; the word remains, though with a false aspirate, in common Icel. hneita (q. v.), the white efflorescence on seaweed (söl); akin is the Icel. naut. phrase, það hnitar í báru (in a ditty of Pal Vídal.), the waves are white-tipped (as if sprinkled with flour); the explanation given in Lex. Poët., s. v. neit, is prob. erroneous.

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

Abbreviations used:

απ. λεγ.
απαξ. λεγόμενον.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
naut.
nautical.
pl.
plural.
prob.
probably.
q. v.
quod vide.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Skv.
Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.
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