Þáttr

Old Norse Dictionary - þáttr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þáttr" in English.

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

þáttr Old Norse word can mean:

þáttr: m., gen. þáttar, dat. þætti, pl. þættir, þátta, acc. þáttu, mod. þætti; [Germ. docht; Dan. tot; cp. Lat. texo, textum]:—a single strand of a rope; ok skar í sundr átta þáttuna í festinni, Bs. i. 599, ii. 111; sneru þær af afli örlög-þáttu, Hkv. 1. 3; öfundar-þáttr, Fms. xi. 442.

þáttr: II. metaph. a section; þá tvá þótto ástarinnar, Hom. (St.); lifið einir ér, þátta (gen. pl.) ættar minnar, Hðm. 4: esp. a section of law, segja upp lögþáttu alla … skal svá görla þáttu alla upp segja, Grág. i. 2; í þessum þætti, ii. 345; í landabrigðis-þætti, id.; Kristinna laga þátt, K. Þ. K. 140: a short story, þenna þ́tt niðrstigningar Kristr, Niðrst. 110; þáttr Eymundar, Fb. ii. 54; hér hefr upp þátt Styrbjarnar, 70; þáttr Orms Stórólfssunar, i. 521; Alfgeirs þáttr, Ísl. ii. 97, etc. þatta-tal, n. the number of sections in a code of laws, Rb. 4.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

gen.: genitive.

Germ.: German.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

v.: vide.

esp.: especially.

etc.: et cetera.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hðm.: Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Niðrst.: Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

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