METTA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

METTA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 METTA

að, [matr], to fill with food; Jesus mettar fjórar þúsundir manna, Icel. Almanack for the 7th Sunday after Trinity, and passim in mod. usage: reflex. mettask, to eat one’s fill.

2 METTA

II. in old writers chiefly in the part. mettr, having eaten one’s fill; having done; þveginn ok m., Hm. 60; ok er Egill var m., Eg. 566; þá var Flosi m., ok af borit af borðinu, Nj. 176; görðu þeir þá eld ok matbjuggu, en er þeir vóru mettir, Fms. i. 9, 209, ix. 353, Glúm. 357, Fs. 105, Eb. 20; en þeir neyttu ok urðu mettir, Mark viii. 8.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᛏᛏᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.

Works & Authors

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)

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