Víti

Old Norse Dictionary - víti

Meaning of Old Norse word "víti" in English.

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

víti Old Norse word can mean:

víti
n. [A. S. wîte; Old Engl. wite], a fine, sconce; sex marka víti, Grág. i. 319; skal þar gjaldask vítið, 451; Þorgils segir, at hón skal víti (punishment) fyrir taka, FmS. vii. 219; slíkt víti sem hann hafði á sér tekit, xi. 117; ef þú bregðr eigi af … ella liggr þér á víti, iv. 27; er þat ráð at Hákon skapi þér víti fyrir, ok far þú í sveit hans, vii. 153; leiðar-víti, see leið; hel-víti, q. v.: the saying, láta sér annars víti at varnaði, Nj. 23 (Sól. 19); borða-víti, a table-sconce; en er kom at Jólum vóru víti upp sögð, but when Yule came the sconces were declared, FmS. vi. 242; (cp. the sconces in the Oxford Colleges).
víti
COMPDS: vítisgjald, vítishorn, vítalauss, vítilauss, vítislauss, vítaverðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Sól.
Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Back