Flet
Old Norse Dictionary - flet
Meaning of Old Norse word "flet"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flet can mean:flet
- flet
- n. [cp. Scot. and Engl. flat = a story of a house; Dan. fled in fled-föring; A. S. flett = aula; O. H. G. flazi; Hel. fletti = coenaculum, domus; mod. provinc. Germ. fletz]:—a set of rooms or benches, and hence metaph. the house itself; often in pl., chiefly used in poetry and in law.
- flet
- 1. rooms; flet fagrlig, Vtkv. 6; sitja á fleti fyrir, Hm. 1; ef lengi sitr annars fletjum á, 34; flets strá, rooms strewed with straw, LS. 46; setjask miðra fletja, to be seated in the middle, Rm. 4; vaxa upp á fletjum, 34; láttu á flet vaða gull-skálir, let the golden goblets go round the benches (as the Engl. loving cup), Akv. 10; stýra fletjum, to dwell, keep house, Helr. 10; bera hrör af fletjum, Scot. to lift and carry a body out of the house, to bury, Stor. 4; um flet ok um bekki, FaS. ii. 164.
- flet
- 2. in law phrases, a house; setja hann niðr bundinn á flet sýslu-manns, to place him bound in the bailiff’s house, Gþl. 147, cp. 534; þá skulu þeir hafa vitni til, ok setja þann mann bundinn á flet hans, n. G. l. i. 162, of compulsory alimentation, cp. Dan. fled-föring; er dóttir hans á fleti, if he has a daughter in the house, 341; ganga á flet ok á borð e-s, to board and lodge with one, D. n. ii. 442.
- flet
- 3. a couch, in the phrase, rísa ór fleti, to rise up from bed, of a lazy fellow, Gullþ. 14; the word agrees with the mod. use of flet, a flat bed on the floor, = flat-sæng.
- flet
- COMPDS: fletbjörn and fletvargr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛁᛏ
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.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- provinc.
- provincial.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- v.
- vide.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Helr.
- Helreið Brynhildar. (A. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Stor.
- Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
- Vtkv.
- Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)