Áta
Old Norse Dictionary - áta
Meaning of Old Norse word "áta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word áta can mean:áta
- áta
- u, f.
- áta
- 1. food to eat, but only of beasts, a prey, carcase; húð ok áta, of a slaughtered beast, n. G. L. i. 246; svá er þar ekki þrot ærinnar átu (for seals), Sks. 176; þar stóð úlfr í átu, Jd. 31.
- áta
- 2. eating; góðr átu, ‘good eating,’ Sks. 136, 137.
- áta
- 3. medic. a cancer, and átu-mein, n. id., FéL. ix. 190; the old word is eta, q. v.
- áta
- COMPD: átuþýfi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Jd.
- Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Fél.
- Félags-rit.