ÞIT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ÞIT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ÞIT

or þið, the older and true form is it or (q. v.), the þ being borrowed from the preceding verb, as in ér, þer; thus, in alliteration, ið munuð alla eiða vinna, Skv. 1. 31, and spelt so in vellums, e. g. Sæm. (Kb.); þá er it finnisk, Fms. xi. 21; er it tókuð þá, 623. 24; meguð ið sjálfir, Fms. xi. 21; skuluð ið, Ísl. ii. 339 (Heiðarv. S.): but usually þit or þið, e. g. Fms. i. 189 (eleven times in one page); cp. ykkr, ykkar, p. 725.

Runic Inscription

þᛁᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
South, Southern.
v.
vide, verb.
vellum
vellum.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Heiðarv. S.
Heiðarvíga Saga. (D. II.)
Kb.
Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
Skv.
Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
Sæm.
Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)

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