Nýtr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Nýtr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 nýtr

adj. fit, usable; nýtr dúkr, Pm. 107; sagði fé til þess nýtt, at …, Ld. 318: able, Str. 68; hefir eigi nýtra dreng fundit, Fms. ii. 23; hinn nýzti maðr, Eg. 141, Ld. 162; enn nýtasti fardrengr, Fms. ii. 23: valid, þá er hvárskis görð nýt, Grág. i. 494; láttú niðr detta, engu er nýtt, ‘tis all good for nothing, Fs. 159: neut. as subst., at öngu nýtu, to no use, H. E. i. 243; þær konur er með nýtu hafa verit, who have been good for something, id.

Runic Inscription

ᚾᚢᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.: masculine.
neut.: neuter.
subst: substantive, substantival, substantivally.
subst.: substantive, substantival, substantivally.

Works & Authors

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Pm.: Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
Str.: Strengleikar. (G. II.)

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