Fítón-
Old Norse Dictionary - fítón-
Meaning of Old Norse word "fítón-"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fítón- can mean:fítón-
- fítón-
- in compds; hence the mod. fítungr, m. frenzy; [from the Gr. Πύθων; mid. Lat. phitones = wizards, Du Cange; phitoness = Πυθώνισσα, a witch, Chaucer.]
- fítón-
- COMPDS: fítónsandi, fítónskona, fítónslist, fítónsmaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛏᚢᚾ-
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Gr.
- Greek.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- mod.
- modern.