Fat
Old Norse Dictionary - fat
Meaning of Old Norse word "fat"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fat can mean:fat
- fat
- n., pl. föt, [as to the root, cp. Germ. fassen = to compass, which word is unknown to Icel.; A. S. fæt; Old Engl. fat, mod. vat; O. H. G. faz; Germ. fass; Dan. fad; Swed. fat]
- fat
- 1. a vat; kona vildi bera vatn, en hafði ekki fatið, BS. ii. 24: eitt fat (basket) með vínberjum, G. H. m. iii. 98; vín ok hunang í fötum fullum, n. G. l. iii. 122.
- fat
- β. luggage, baggage; bera föt sín á skip, Jb. 406; bera föt á land, Eg. 393; elti Hákon á land ok tók hvert fat þeirra, FmS. vii. 215; hafa hvert fat á skipi, vi. 37, Grág. ii. 59; fyrr en hann fari á brot ór vist með föt sín frá bóanda, i. 300.
- fat
- 2. in pl. clothes, dress; hann hafði föt sín í fangi sér, en sjálfr var hann naktr, Lv. 60, BS. ii. 47, Hrafn. 23: metaph., falla ór fötum, to be stripped, forgotten, 655 xxxi. 1.
- fat
- COMPDS: fatabúningr, fatabúr, fatagörvi, fatahestr, fatahirzla, fatahrúga, fatakista, fatstöturr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)