Nyt
Old Norse Dictionary - nytMeaning of Old Norse word "nyt" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
nyt Old Norse word can mean:
- nyt
- f., gen. nytjar, [not; Scot. note], use, enjoyment, produce:
- nyt
- 1. in sing. specially of the profit or produce of kine, milk; veiti vörð kú, ok þiggi af nyt ok hafi þat fyrir gras ok gæzlu, n. G. L. i. 24; gefa málsverð Jóladag ok nyt fjár þess, Vm. 169; nýta sér nyt fjár, Grág. i. 428: bregða nyt, to cease to give milk or give less milk, ii. 231, passim; ær-nyt, bú-nyt, milk, dairy produce; mál-nyta, id., or milch-kine; ‘fella saman nytina’ is said of a cow that is in profit or gives milk all the year round till she calves again.
- nyt
- 2. plur. nytjar, use; víkingar tóku fé allt er þeir máttu nytjum á koma, Fms. ii. 2; hún leyfði Vala bróður sínum nytjar í Brekku-landi, use of the land or pasture, Korm. 152 (lands-nytjar).
- nyt
- II. use, enjoyment, esp. in plur.; Guð vildi eigi unna honum nytja af þvi barni, Sks. 692; hann kvaðsk engar nytjar hafa Helgu, ÍsL. ii. 263; hann á fé allt hálft við mik en hefir engar nytjar (interest) af, Fms. vi. 204; Íslendingar munu hennar hafa miklar nytjar ok langar (they will derive lasting blessing from her) ok hennar afkvæmis, v. 322; litlar nytjar munu menn hafa Hafliða … mun hann verða skammlífr, Bs. i. 651; koma nytjum á e-t, to bring to use, make profitable, Fb. i. 300, AL. 112, 132.
- nyt
- 2. seldom in sing.; þá á þess nyt þat at vera er ómaginn var deildr, Grág. i. 243; færa sér e-t í nyt, to bring into use, Fb. i. 118, and in mod. usage. nytja-maðr, m. a useful worthy man, ÍsL. ii. 13, SturL. i. 203.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- sing.
- singular.
- plur.
- plural.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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