Váttr
Old Norse Dictionary - váttrMeaning of Old Norse word "váttr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
váttr Old Norse word can mean:
- váttr
- m., mod. vottr, pl. vættir, D. N. i. 7; [cp. vitni; the etymology of this word is not altogether established, but it is highly probable that it, like vitni (q. v.). is derived from vita and is related to Goth. weit-wodei = μαρτύριον; if so, á would stand for Goth. ei, and the ‘-orð’ in váttorð would not be qs. ‘word,’ but would answer to the Goth. ‘wodei,’ with an inserted r]:—a witness; hafa vátta við, Nj. 3; lét hann ganga fram vitni sín ok vátta, Fms. vii. 141; njóta vátta sinna, N. G. l. i. 55, passim: eccl., Guðs-váttr, God’s witness, a martyr, saint, Blas. 43; Krists váttr, 49; píslar-váttr (q. v.), id.
- váttr
- COMPDS: váttanefna, váttasaga.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
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