Njótr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Njótr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 njótr

m. an enjoyer, user; hafra njótr = Thor; geisla n. = the fire; and in many poët. compds, hirði-n., etc., all appellations of men, Lex. Poët.: in pr. names, Sig-njótr, a victor; Þór-njótr, Baut.:—a mate = nautr, drekka njóts minni, Fms. vi. 52, v. l. njóts-minni, n. [still in Norway called njös-minne, Ivar Aasen, in the new Edition of his Dict., of a cup drunk by customers after striking a bargain]:—a kind of ‘earnest-cup;’ sendi hann honum eina skál fulla mjaðar, ok bað hann drekka njótsminni (mótsminni is an error), hér með, segir konungr, vil ek gefa þér, Sveinn, jarlsnafn, etc., Fms. vi. 52: the suggestion at the end of the article is therefore true.

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚢᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

etc.
et cetera.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
pr.
proper.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Baut.
Bautil. (K. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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