Við-bit

Old Norse Dictionary - við-bit

Meaning of Old Norse word "við-bit" in English.

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

við-bit
n. whatever is eaten with bread, esp. butter (cp. Gr. ὀψώνιον), Skíða R. 41.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
esp.
especially.
Gr.
Greek.
n.
neuter.
R.
Rimur.

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