Smetta

Old Norse Dictionary - smetta

Meaning of Old Norse word "smetta" in English.

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

smetta: u, f. [akin to smjúga; Ivar Aasen records a verb smetta, smatt = to dart quickly, start, like a mouse; Dan. smutte, smut-hul; but these words are not preserved in Icel., cp. however smátt]:—a nickname, Fms. ii. 252.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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