Þit

Old Norse Dictionary - þit

Meaning of Old Norse word "þit" in English.

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

þit: or þið, the older and true form is it or ið (q. v.), the þ being borrowed from the preceding verb, as in ér, þer; thus, in alliteration, ið munuð alla eiða vinna, Skv. 1. 31, and spelt so in vellums, e. g. Sæm. (Kb.); þá er it finnisk, FmS. xi. 21; er it tókuð þá, 623. 24; meguð ið sjálfir, FmS. xi. 21; skuluð ið, Ísl. ii. 339 (Heiðarv. S.): but usually þit or þið, e. g. FmS. i. 189 (eleven times in one page); cp. ykkr, ykkar, p. 725.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Heiðarv. S.: Heiðarvíga Saga. (D. II.)

Kb.: Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)

Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)

Sæm.: Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)

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