BELTI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BELTI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 BELTI

n. [Lat. balteus; Engl. belt]

2 BELTI

1. a belt, esp. a belt of metal (silver) or embroidered, esp. belonging to a woman, Ld. 284, Sturl. iii. 189, Nj. 2, 24: belonging to a man, with a knife fastened to it, Fs. 101, Fms. iv. 27; kníf ok belti ok vóru þat góðir gripir, Gísl. 54, Fms. ix. 25, Fb. ii. 8, Nj. 91; as a naut. term, Edda (Gl.)

3 BELTI

COMPDS: beltadráttr, beltispúss, beltisstaðr.

4 BELTI

2. Belti, Mare Balticum, is derived from the Lithuanian baltas = albus.

5 BELTI

3. astron. a zone, himinbelti, hitabelli, kuldabelti.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛚᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

astron.: astronomy, astronomically.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
esp: especially.
esp.: especially.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
n.: neuter.
naut.: nautical.
p.: page.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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