Belta-dráttr
Old Norse Dictionary - belta-dráttr
Meaning of Old Norse word "belta-dráttr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- belta-dráttr
- m. a game, two boxers tied together with one girdle, also in use in Sweden: hence a close struggle, Fms. viii. 181.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛚᛏᛅ-ᛏᚱᛅᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)