Dyttr
Old Norse Dictionary - dyttr
Meaning of Old Norse word "dyttr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dyttr
- m. a dint, a nickname, FmS. ii. 67; hnakka-d., a ‘neck-dint,’ i. e. a shot by a bolt in the nape of the neck, Orkn. 416 (in a verse); the hnakka-dyz of the MS. is = dytts, as vaz = vatns, braz = brattS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)