Flétta
Old Norse Dictionary - flétta
Meaning of Old Norse word "flétta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- flétta
- tt or að, [Lat. plectere; Ulf. flehtan; Germ. flechten; Dan. flette; the word is scarcely borrowed from the Germ.]:—to plait; hár fléttað, Karl. 335: reflex., hárið fléttask niðr á bringu, the hair fell down in braids on the breast, 226.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛁᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)