Fá-tækt
Old Norse Dictionary - fá-tækt
Meaning of Old Norse word "fá-tækt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fá-tækt
- f. poverty, Barl. 8, Stj. 212, 421; old writers prefer fátæki, which is now obsolete, but in mod. usage fátækt is a standing word; snauðr, q. v., is only used in a peculiar sense; fátækt (from fár and taka) properly means ‘few-taking,’ having little between the hands, hence poverty, want; it occurs in many compds.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅ-ᛏᛅᚴᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- compds.
- compounds.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)