Vætti

Old Norse Dictionary - vætti

Meaning of Old Norse word "vætti" in English.

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

vætti Old Norse word can mean:

vætti: n. [váttr], witness, testimony; váttum er skylt at bera vætti þau öll er þeir hafa verit í nefndir, Grág. (Kb.) i. 58; nefndi vátta í þat vætti, at …, Nj. 217, 234, Grág. i. 17; enda skolu þat allt verða vætti hér, er austr er vitni nefnd, i. e. the witnesses summoned in Norway are to be lawful evidence here (in Icel.), 214; færa fram vætti sín eða kviðu, 410; sök sækja eðr verja, eðr vætti bera, Þórð. 94; hann skyldi vinna eið at baugi, nefna vátta í þat vætti, at …, id.

vætti: COMPDS: vættisburðr, vættisvætti.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

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

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Kb.: Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Þórð.: Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)

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