Hætting
Old Norse Dictionary - hætting
Meaning of Old Norse word "hætting"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hætting
- f. danger, risk, Fms. viii. 431, Hkr. ii. 79, Lex. Poët.; hættingar-ferð, f. = hættuferð, Fms. viii. 431.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛏᛏᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.