Definitions
Definitions
1 mata
1. u, f. [matr], provender, a mess; of a crew, Kolbeinn lét Hrapp þá fara mötu til sín, Nj. 128, v. l.; the food of fishermen: a fee to the priest (paid in butter), called prests-mata.
2 mata
COMPDS: mötunautr, mötuneyti.
3 mata
2. að, [matr], to feed another, as the nurse does the sick and children; hann getr ekki matað sig, það verðr að mata hann, of a person who cannot even eat without assistance.
4 mata
II. reflex. matask, to eat, take food, take a meal, Nj. 175, Fms. i. 35, Fb. ii. 273, Eg. 232, K. Þ. K. 136; spurði hví hann mataðisk svá seint, why he went on eating so slowly, Eb. 244.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
mata
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "mata" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).