Á-vít
Old Norse Dictionary - á-vít
Meaning of Old Norse word "á-vít"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word á-vít can mean:á-vít
- á-vít
- [víti], n. pl., ávítan, f., Thom. 246, Th. 19 (mod. ávítur, f. pl.), a reprimand, rebuke, castigation; ávíta, gen. pl., Fær. 23; bera ávít (acc. pl.), Sks. 541, Hkr. ii. 200, Hom. 43.
- á-vít
- COMPDS: ávítalaust, ávítasamligr, ávítsamr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅ-ᚢᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)