And-fætingr
Old Norse Dictionary - and-fætingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "and-fætingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- and-fætingr
- s, m. [and-], transl. of Antipodes in Pliny, Stj. 94. Now used in the mod. sense of Antipodes; also in the phrase, sofa andfætis, or andfæting, of two sleeping in a bed ‘heads and heels.’
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᛏ-ᚠᛅᛏᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- transl.
- translation.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)