Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ám-áttigr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ám-áttigr

adj. [cp. old Germ. amahtig = infirmus], contr. ámátkir, ámáttkar, etc., used in poetry as an epithet of witches and giants, prob. in the same sense as ámátligr, Vsp. 8, Hkv. Hjör. 17. Egilsson translates by praepotens, which seems scarcely right.

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

ám-áttigr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "ám-áttigr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
ch: chapter.
contr.: contracted.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
etc.: et cetera.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
m.: masculine.
p.: page.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.
transl: translation, translated.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

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