Njótr

Old Norse Dictionary - njótr

Meaning of Old Norse word "njótr" in English.

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

njótr: m. an enjoyer, user; hafra njótr = Thor; geisla n. = the fire; and in many poët. compds, hirði-n., etc., all appellations of men, Lex. poët.: in pr. names, Sig-njótr, a victor; Þór-njótr, Baut.:—a mate = nautr, drekka njóts minni, Fms. vi. 52, v. l. njóts-minni, n. [still in Norway called njös-minne, Ivar Aasen, in the new Edition of his Dict., of a cup drunk by customers after striking a bargain]:—a kind of ‘earnest-cup;’ sendi hann honum eina skál fulla mjaðar, ok bað hann drekka njótsminni (mótsminni is an error), hér með, segir konungr, vil ek gefa þér, Sveinn, jarlsnafn, etc., Fms. vi. 52: the suggestion at the end of the article is therefore true.

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

Abbreviations used:

etc.: et cetera.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

pr.: proper, properly.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Baut.: Bautil. (K. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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