Prettr
Old Norse Dictionary - prettrMeaning of Old Norse word "prettr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
prettr Old Norse word can mean:
- prettr
- m., pl. prettar, Barl. 197, but mod. prettir; acc. pl. prettu; [A. S. Dictionaries give a word præt, pl. prattas; but the age and the etymology of this word are uncertain]:—a trick; var þetta ekki nema prettr þeirra, FmS. i. 59, FS. 73; konungr mælti, þetta er p. yðvarr, FmS. vii. 32; hafa þeir sýnt eigi góðan prett, Ld. 704; sviksamliga prettu, Stj. 144, Al. 68, Barl. 24; Þórir svarir at hann hirði ekki um prettu þeirra Erlings, Ó. H. 115; þetta vóru þínir prettar, Barl. 197; etja e-n við prettu, Ísl. ii. 224 (in a verse of the beginning of the 10th century, if the verse be genuine).
- prettr
- COMPDS: prettafullr, prettalausS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛁᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
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