ROT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ROT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ROT

n. a concussion of the brain from a blow, as also the stunning or insensibility from such a blow; falla í rot, Korm. 230; hann réttir við ór rotinu, 62; spyrndi Grettir svá fast við eyrun; á tveimr at þeir lágu í roti, Grett. 127; hann sló sveininn í rot, … í því raknaði sveinninn við, Ísl. ii. 421: also the insensibility of a drunkard, rakna ór roti, liggja í roti, Snót 100. rot-högg, n. a staggering, stunning blow.

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚢᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
l. c.: loco citato.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
lit: literally.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
part: participle.
perh.: perhaps.
pl.: plural.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
sing: singular.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Snót: Snót, poems.
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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