Fata
Old Norse Dictionary - fata
Meaning of Old Norse word "fata"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fata can mean:fata
- fata
- 1. u, f. a pail, bucket, Fb. i. 258, Bs. ii. 24, N. G. l. i. 30, Stj. 394; vatns-fata, a pail of water, freq. in western Icel.; in the east of Icel. usually skjóla, q. v. fötu-barmr, m. the rim of a pail, etc.
- fata
- 2. að, to clothe (mod.): to step = feta, Bs. i. 291.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)