Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BEIT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

5 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.

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Runic Inscription

BEIT

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "BEIT" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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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