Hít
Diccionario de Nórdico Antiguo - hít
Significado de la palabra en nórdico antiguo "hít"
Según el diccionario inglés de nórdico antiguo de Cleasby & Vigfusson:
- hít
- f. a scrip or bag made of the skin of a beast, Sd. 157, Fb. i. 220, Grett.: as a nickname, Fb. iii: metaph. a vast belly, Ísl. ÞjóðS. i. 612: the name of a giantess, Bárð.: the local names Hítar-dalr, Hítar-nes (Landn.) were still at the beginning of this century in that neighbourhood sounded Hitar-dalr, Hitar-nes, with a short i, the original form being Hitár-dalr, Hitár-nes, the dale and ness of the Hot river (a volcanic river), opp. to Kaldá, the Cold river, in the same county. The derivation from a giantess Hít is a mere fiction, and not older than the Bárðar S. Hítnesingr, m. one from Hitarnes, Sturl.
Posible inscripción rúnica en futhark joven:ᚼᛁᛏ
Las runas del futhark joven se utilizaron desde el siglo VIII hasta el XII en Escandinavia y sus asentamientos en el extranjero
Abreviaciones utilizadas:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- S.
- Saga.
Obras & Autores citados:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)