Definitions
Definitions
1 NEIT
n. pl. flour, efflorescence, a απ. λεγ.; neit Menju góð, the costly flour of Menja, i. e. gold, Skv. 3. 50; the word remains, though with a false aspirate, in common Icel. hneita (q. v.), the white efflorescence on seaweed (söl); akin is the Icel. naut. phrase, það hnitar í báru (in a ditty of Pal Vídal.), the waves are white-tipped (as if sprinkled with flour); the explanation given in Lex. Poët., s. v. neit, is prob. erroneous.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
NEIT
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "NEIT" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).