Getta

Old Norse Dictionary - getta

Meaning of Old Norse word "getta"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

getta
u, f. = genta, a girl; Geirhildr getta, gott er öl þetta, Fas. ii. (in a verse); norræn getta, Egilsson’s Poems, 115 (and, ‘getta er sama og genta’).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
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