Biti
Old Norse Dictionary - biti
Meaning of Old Norse word "biti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word biti can mean:biti
- biti
- a, m.
- biti
- 1. a bit, mouthful (cp. munnbiti); konungr át nökkura bita af hrosslifr, Fms. i. 37, Játv. 26, Rd. 283: in the phrase, biðja bitum, to go begging, Grág. i. 278.
- biti
- 2. an eye-tooth = jaxl, q. v., [Swed. betar]; eru vér ok svá gamlir, ok svá bitar upp komnir, i. e. we are no longer babies, have got our eye-teeth, Fms. viii. 325.
- biti
- 3. a crossbeam, girder in a house, Ld. 316, Gþl. 346: in a ship, Lat. transtrum, Fms. ix. 44, Sturl. iii. 61.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- cp.
- compare.
- v.
- vide.
- i. e.
- id est.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Játv.
- Játvarðar Saga. (E. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)