VAZTIR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

VAZTIR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 VAZTIR

f. pl., i. e. vatztir, not vastir, for vazta rhymes with baztan, Edda; in sing. vözt, Edda (Gl.) i. 574: [from vatr = vatn]:—a fishing-bank, = mið; á þær vaztir (thus Cod. Reg., vastir Worm.) er hann var vanr at sitja, Edda i. 168; sitja á vöztum ok hafa vað fyrir borði, N. G. L. i. 65; finna hval á vöztum, 60; þenna dag var Ingjaldr róinn á vastir (late vellum), Gísl. 48; vazta (gen. pl.) undirkúla, Edda i. 350 (cp. the verse); hrein-vaztir, poët. the reindeer’s abode, mountain, Skálda (in a verse).

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛅᛋᛏᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Cod.: Codex.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
gen.: genitive.
i. e.: id est.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
sing: singular.
sing.: singular.
vellum: vellum.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

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