Áttungr
Old Norse Dictionary - áttungr
Meaning of Old Norse word "áttungr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word áttungr can mean:áttungr
- áttungr
- m.
- áttungr
- I. [atta], the eighth part of a whole, either as to measure or number; cp. fjórðungr, þriðjungr, etc., Rb. 488; á. manna, N. G. l. i. 5: as a Norse law term, a division of the country with regard to the levy in ships, Gþl. 91, N. G. l. i. 135.
- áttungr
- II. [átt or ætt, familia], poét. kindred, kinsman; Freys á., the poem Hlt., Edda 13, Ýt. 13, 14, Al. 98 (esp. in pl.), v. Lex. Poët.: áttungs-kirkja, u, f. a church belonging to an áttungr (in Norway), N. G. l. i. 8.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛏᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hlt.
- Háleygja-tal. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.