Bak-sletta
Old Norse Dictionary - bak-sletta
Meaning of Old Norse word "bak-sletta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bak-sletta
- u, f. and bakslettr, m., Al. 27, 44; acc. pl. bakslettu, 90: milit. an attack in rear, Fms. viii. 319, ix. 357: drawback, at rétta þann bakslett, Al. l. c.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚴ-ᛋᛚᛁᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- milit.
- military.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)