Vit-orð
Old Norse Dictionary - vit-orðMeaning of Old Norse word "vit-orð" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
vit-orð Old Norse word can mean:
- vit-orð
- n. [cp. Ulf. weit-wods = μάρτυς, weit-wodiþa and weit-wodei = μαρτύριον, weit-wodian = μαρτυρειν; thus Icel. vitorð would be qs. vitoð]:—private counsel, confidence; vera á fleiri manna vitorði, in the confidence of more men, Nj. 231; var þetta fyrst á fárra manna vitorði (viti, v. l.), 229; ekki var margra manna vitorð á hans ætterni, Fms. x. 391; ekki var þat í vitorði alþýðu, vi. 134; af nökkuru vitorði, Róm. 286; þat var á margra manna vitorði með hverjum skildaga …, Ó. H. 95; vera í ráðum ok vitorðum með e-m um verk, Eg. 139; nema hann kalli þik til vitorðs með sér, unless he takes thee into his counsel, Sks. 361 B; fyrir útan vitorð e-s, without one’s knowledge, 745: allit., fyrir útan vitorð eðr vilja þess er átti, Grág. ii. 348; fékk hann ekki skírt sik frá vitorðinu, he could not clear himself from the charge of cognisance, Róm. 287: in mod. usage, vera í vitorði með e-m, as a law term mostly in a bad sense.
- vit-orð
- 2. a report; tók at vaxa vitorð of hann ok svá metorð ok yfirlæti, Fms. x. 391. vitorðs-maðr, m. a person cognisant (Dan. medvider), D. n. v. 61.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛏ-ᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- qs.
- quasi.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- Dan.
- Danish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
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