Hetta
Old Norse Dictionary - hetta
Meaning of Old Norse word "hetta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hetta can mean:hetta
- hetta
- u, f. [höttr], a hood, Grett. 139, Fms. iv. 359, Band. 16 new Ed., Finnb. 216, Mar.; (koll-hetta, flóka-hetta, lambhús-hetta, a hood to wear in a hard frost.)
- hetta
- COMPDS: hettulauss, hettusótt, hettustrútr, hettusveinar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)