Átt

Old Norse Dictionary - átt

Betydningen af oldnorske ordet "átt"

Som defineret af Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse til English ordbog:

Oldnorske ordet átt kan betyde:átt

átt
1. f. a family, race, v. ætt and compds; for a fuller account of this word see ætt, p. 760.
átt
2. and ætt, f., pl. áttir and ættir [Germ. acht = Lat. ager, praedium, a rare and obsolete word in Germ.], plaga caeli, quarter; just as quarter refers to the number four, so átt seems to refer to eight: átt properly means that part of the horizon which subtends an arc traversed by the sun in the course of three hours; thus defined,—meðan sól veltist urn átta ættir, Sks. 54; ok þat eru þá þrjár stundir dags er sól veltist um eina sett, id.; the names of the eight áttir are, útnorðr á., north-west; norðr á., north; landnorðr á., north-east; austr a., east; landsuðr á., south-east; suðr á., south; útsuðr á., south-west; vestr á., west; four of which (the compounds) are subdivisions; átt is therefore freq. used of the four only, Loki görði þar hús ok fjórar dyrr, at hann mátti sjá ór húsinu í allar áttir, … to all (i. e. four) sides, Edda 39: or it is used generally, from all sides, þá drífr snær ór öllum áttum, Edda 40; drífa þeir til ór öllum áttum (= hvaðanæva), Hkr. i. 33; norðrætt, Edda 4, 23; hence a mod. verb átta, að; á. sik, to find the true quarter, to set oneself right, cp. Fr. s’orienter.
átt
COMPDS: áttaskipan, áttaskipti, áttaviltr.

Mulig runeindskrift i yngre futhark:ᛅᛏᛏ
Yngre futhark runer blev brugt fra det 8. til det 12. århundrede i Skandinavien og deres oversøiske bosættelser

Forkortelser brugt:

f.
feminine.
v.
vide.
cp.
compare.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Germ.
German.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
pl.
plural.

Værker & Forfattere citeret:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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