Definitions
Definitions
1 nautn
f. [njóta], the use of a thing; ok á sá at sækja um nautnina er hross á, Grág. i. 432; nautn á skógi, ii. 293; ef maðr neytir hross enni meiri nautn, en þat er meiri nautn …, i. 441.
2 nautn
2. metaph. enjoyment; hafið ér jarðliga hluti í nautn, Greg. 32; andleg nautn, líkamleg nautn, and the like, passim in mod. usage.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
nautn
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "nautn" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).