Neit
Old Norse Dictionary - neitMeaning 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.