Definiciones
Definiciones
1 mata
1. u, f. [matr], provender, a mess; of a crew, Kolbeinn lét Hrapp þá fara mötu til sín, Nj. 128, v. l.; the food of fishermen: a fee to the priest (paid in butter), called prests-mata.
2 mata
COMPDS: mötunautr, mötuneyti.
3 mata
2. að, [matr], to feed another, as the nurse does the sick and children; hann getr ekki matað sig, það verðr að mata hann, of a person who cannot even eat without assistance.
4 mata
II. reflex. matask, to eat, take food, take a meal, Nj. 175, Fms. i. 35, Fb. ii. 273, Eg. 232, K. Þ. K. 136; spurði hví hann mataðisk svá seint, why he went on eating so slowly, Eb. 244.
Inscripción rúnica
Inscripción rúnica
mata
El texto rúnico anterior representa la palabra nórdica antigua "mata" como podría aparecer en inscripciones rúnicas de la Era Vikinga (c. 800-1100 d.C.).