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.)