Bit
Old Norse Dictionary - bit
Meaning of Old Norse word "bit"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bit can mean:bit
- bit
- n. bite, Lat. morsus; at tönnunum er bitsins ván, Skálda 163: of cutting instruments, sax vænligt til bits, Fs. 6: of insects, mýbit, bite of gnats, Rd. 295; bit flugdýra, 655 xxx; dýrbit, a fox killing lambs, Bs. ii. 137.
- bit
- β. pasture = beit, n. G. L. i. 246.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)