Fitja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Fitja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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

ᚠᛁᛏᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
etc.
et cetera.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
S.
South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

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