Vættir

Old Norse Dictionary - vættir

Meaning of Old Norse word "vættir" in English.

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

vættir
m. a weigher, holder, Lex. Poët.; vættir gulls ens vegna, Gísl. (in a verse); in compds, vætti-draugr, vætti-njörðr e-s, the wielder of a thing, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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