Ótta

Old Norse Dictionary - ótta

Meaning of Old Norse word "ótta" in English.

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

ótta Old Norse word can mean:

ótta
u, f. [an old Teut. word; Ulf. uhtwo = ἔννυχον, or uhtiugs = εὔκαιρος, uhteigo = εὐκαίρως, uhteigs wisan = σχολάζειν; A. S. uhte; Hel. uhta; O. H. G. uohta]:—the last part of the night just before daybreak; í nótt fyrir óttu, FmS. vi. (in a verse); en í óttu fyrir dag (in the ótta before daybreak) stóð hann upp ok klæddi sik, Edda 28; óttu ok öndverðan dag, Am. 50; í óttu, FaS. i. 148, Hkr. i. 70; þegar í óttu, iii. 417, FmS. xi. 433; hana-ótta, cock-crow, gallicinium, N. G. l. i. 9.
ótta
COMPDS: óttusöngr, óttutíðir.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
f.
feminine.
Hel.
Heliand.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
S.
Saga.
Teut.
Teutonic.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.

Works & Authors cited:

Am.
Atla-mál. (A. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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