Af-æta
Old Norse Dictionary - af-æta
Meaning of Old Norse word "af-æta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- af-æta
- u, f. [af and eta], prop, a voracious beast, a glutton, a great bully; ér langfeðgar erut garpar miklir ok afætor, Fms. xi. 111; sterkir menn ok afætur miklar, iii. 143. It is perhaps identical with the present ófóti, n. a vile thing, offscouring.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)