Átta
Old Norse Dictionary - átta
Meaning of Old Norse word "átta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- átta
- card. number [Sansk. ashtan; Goth. ahtau; Gr. οκτώ; Lat. octo; A. S. eahta; Germ. acht], eight, Landn. 73, Edda 108.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.
- German.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Sansk.
- Sanskrit.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)