BEIT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BEIT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 BEIT

1. n.

2 BEIT

I. pasturage, Grág. ii. 224, 263, 286; á beit, grazing: [in England the rector of a parish is said to have ‘the bite’ of the churchyard.]

3 BEIT

COMPDS: beitarland, beitarmaðr, beitartollr.

4 BEIT

II. poët. a ship, Lex. Poët.

5 BEIT

2. f. a plate of metal mounted on the brim, e. g. of a drinking horn, the carved metal plate on an old-fashioned saddle, Fms. iii. 190; skálir með gyltum beitum, B. K. 84, Bs. ii. 244; cp. Caes. Bell. Gall. 6. 28 (Germani urorum cornua) a labris argento circumcludunt.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛁᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
e. g.: exempli gratia.
Engl: English.
f.: feminine.
Germ: German.
gl: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.

Works & Authors

B. K.: Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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