Vitnir

Old Norse Dictionary - vitnir

Meaning of Old Norse word "vitnir" in English.

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

vitnir
m. [vitt = charms], a poët. name of the wolf, no doubt from its being a charmed, bewitched animal (witches rode on wolves), Lex. poët., Gm. 23, passim.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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