Elta
Old Norse Dictionary - elta
Meaning of Old Norse word "elta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word elta can mean:elta
- elta
- t, to chase, with acc.; þeir eltu einn hjört, Flóv. 27 ; elta dýr á spori, Barl. 199; e. sauði, to run after sheep, in order to fetch them back, Nj. 27, Korm. 28 (in a verse); eltu Þjálfa, Hbl. 39; þeir höfðu elt af skipum Tryggva konung, they had driven king T. from his ships, Fms. i. 37; Styrkárr elti þá suðr í Karmsund, ix. 54; hljópu á land upp ok eltu þá, iv. 304, Gullþ. 21; e. öxn með vendi, to drive cattle with a goad, Karl. 471.
- elta
- β. reflex. to pursue one eagerly; eltask eptir e-m, … Fms. ix. 305: Icel. now say, eltask við e-n, e. g. of catching a horse, sheep, when grazing wild in an open field.
- elta
- II. to knead, work; elta leir, to mix lime, Stj. 247, cp. Exod. i. 14.
- elta
- 2. a tanner’s term; e. skinn, to tan a hide, i. e. rub, scratch it, so as to make it soft; ek skal yðra húð elta með klungrum, Stj. 395. Judges viii. 7; elt skinn, tanned hide; óelt skinn, rough hide, (freq.)
- elta
- 3. = velta, to overthrow, in the Runic phrase, at rita sa varþi es ailti stain þansi eþa heþan dragi, Rafn 188, 194.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛚᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- i. e.
- id est.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Flóv.
- Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)