Fógeti
Old Norse Dictionary - fógeti
Meaning of Old Norse word "fógeti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fógeti
- a, m. [low Lat. vocatus; Germ. vogt], a kind of bailiff, D. N. from the 14th century:—the bailiff of Reykjavík in Icel. is called fógeti.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚴᛁᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)