Jata
Old Norse Dictionary - jata
Meaning of Old Norse word "jata"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- jata
- u, f. a manger (mod. = eta, q. v.), Gísl. 131, Luke ii. 7, 12, 17, passim in mod. usage. jötu-band, n. a manger rail.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)