Fát

Meaning of Old Norse word "fát"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

fát

n. fumbling; göra e-t í fáti, to fumble about a thing; fát kemr á e-n, to be confounded; mæðisk nú brátt, svá at hann leggsk til fáta, vesall karl, so that he is quite confounded. Mar. 1056. fáta, að, to fumble.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements