Definitioner
Definitioner
1 fitja
að, [cp. A. S. fettan, Engl. to fit], to web, knit; hann lét fitja saman fingrna, he webbed the fingers together, like the foot of a duck or seal, in order to swim better, Grett. 148.
2 fitja
β. fitja upp sokk, etc., to ‘cast on’ a sock or the like, i. e. make the first stitches in knitting it: metaph., fitja upp á nef sér, to knit or screw up the nose in anger, Dan. ‘slaa kröller paa næsen;’ so in Engl. ‘to knit the brows.’
Runskrift
Runskrift
fitja
Runtexten ovan representerar det fornnordiska ordet "fitja" som det kan visas i runinskrifter från vikingatiden (ca. 800-1100 e.Kr.).