Fætta
Old Norse Dictionary - fætta
Meaning of Old Norse word "fætta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fætta can mean:fætta
- fætta
- mod. fækka, which form occurs in MSS. of the 14th century, also fætka; but in a poem of 1246 tí-rætt and fætta are made to rhyme: [fár]:—to make few, reduce in number, in old writers with acc., in mod. with dat.; at fætta skyldi húskarla, Ó. H. 113 (FmS. iv. 255).; Hkr. ii. 183 fækka less correct; ok fætta svá lið þeirra, Fbr. 74 new Ed., but fæcka in Fb. ii. 164, l. c.: reflex. to grow fewer, less, en er Hákon jarl sá fættask liðit á skipum sínum, FmS. i. 174; þegar grjótið fættisk, xi. 95; þá er fattask tóku föng, Sturl. i. 135; at eldiviðrinn tæki at fættask, Orkn. 112; fækkuðusk skotvápnin, Eb. 248.
- fætta
- 2. to grow cold, unfriendly, (fár II); heldr tók at fækkask með þeim, Vápn. 9, FS. 149.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)