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Old Norse Dictionary - net

Meaning of Old Norse word "net" in English.

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

net: n., gen. pl. netja, dat. netjum, [Ulf. nati = δίκτυον; A. S. and Engl. net; Hel. neti; Germ. netz; Swed. nät]:—a net; tók hann lín ok garn ok reið á möskva svá sem net er síðan, Edda 39 (in the mythical story of the origin of the net as an invention of Loki); ef maðr hittir net í látrum sínum ok sel í, þá á hann net ok svá sel, til hinn leysir landnámi net út, n. G. l. i. 45; nú tekr maðr síld ór netjum manna, ii. 136; leggja net í á, Grág. ii. 350; hvárki net né öngla, K. Þ. K.; netja spell, damage of nets, n. G. l. ii. 136, 137; netja stæði—netlög. Boldt 134; netja veiðr, a net-haul, id.; ríða net, to make a net; drag-net, a drag-net, draw-net; lag-net, a lag-net; slag-net, a casting-net, for catching birds:—metaph., net lifrar = reticulum jecoris, Stj. 310. Exod. xxix. 13, 22.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

dat.: dative.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Hel.: Heliand.

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

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

Works & Authors cited:

Boldt: Boldt. (J. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

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

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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