Fetill
Old Norse Dictionary - fetill
Meaning of Old Norse word "fetill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fetill
- m., dat. fetli, pl. fetlar; an older dat. form fatli (cp. katli) seems to be left in the phrase, bera hönd í fatla (qs. fatli), to carry the arm in a sling: [Germ. fessel]:—the strap by which a bag is hung on the shoulder, N. G. l. i. 349: the strap or belt of a shield or sword (skjaldar-fetill, sverds-f., Gr. τελαμών), umgörð ok fetlar, Fas. i. 414, El. 22, 33, Edda 123, N. G. l. ii. 422; hence the sword is in poetry called fetil-stingi, a, m. a ‘belt-pin,’ etc. fetla-byrðr, f. a burthen carried by straps, N. G. l. i. 143.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛏᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- El.
- Elis Saga. (G. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)