Bytta
Old Norse Dictionary - bytta
Meaning of Old Norse word "bytta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bytta
- u, f. [Dan. bötte], a pail, small tub, K. Þ. K. 82, Stj. 444, Fms. x. 54, Jm. 29, n. G. l. i. 3–27: of the bucket for baling a ship with, Fbr. 131, Grett. 95; hence byttu-austr, the old mode of pumping is defined, Fbr. and Grett. l. c.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Jm.
- Jóns-máldagi. (J. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)