Slátta

Old Norse Dictionary - slátta

Meaning of Old Norse word "slátta" in English.

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

slátta Old Norse word can mean:

slátta
u, f., prop. a ‘smiting,’ mowing; sjau daga s., Pm. 77; viku s., Dipl. v. 5; dag-slátta, q. v.
slátta
2. the mowing season; þat var um öndverðar sláttur, Grett. 107 A.
slátta
3. of a field; þar er mætisk slátta ok sina, … eigi skal í sláttu æja, Grág. ii. 291; þar vóru sláttur í ok sæði, meadows and corn-fields, Bjarn. 22; sláttur þær er í almenningi eru, Gþl. 454; ef tveir menn ganga í eina sláttu, go to mow in the same field, 455; hann hafði þar sláttu, Lv. 84.
slátta
II. money struck or stamped, coin; Haralds-slátta, the bad coin of king Harold, Fms. vi. 243; silfr-s., silver coining.
slátta
COMPDS: sláttukaup, sláttumaðr, sláttutími.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.
prop.
proper, properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Pm.
Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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