Definitions
Definitions
1 fitja
að, [cp. A. S. fettan, Engl. to fit], to web, knit; hann lét fitja saman fingrna, he webbed the fingers together, like the foot of a duck or seal, in order to swim better, Grett. 148.
2 fitja
β. fitja upp sokk, etc., to ‘cast on’ a sock or the like, i. e. make the first stitches in knitting it: metaph., fitja upp á nef sér, to knit or screw up the nose in anger, Dan. ‘slaa kröller paa næsen;’ so in Engl. ‘to knit the brows.’
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
fitja
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "fitja" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).