Kjöt
Old Norse Dictionary - kjöt
Meaning of Old Norse word "kjöt" (or kjǫt)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kjöt can mean:kjöt
- kjöt (kjǫt)
- n., also proncd. ket, dat. kjötvi, mod. kjöti; [a Scandin. word; found neither in Saxon nor Germ.; Scot. ket = carrion; Dan. kjöd; Swed. kött]:—flesh, meat, Lat. caro; heitt kjöt, Fms. vii. 159, 160; ok suðu vér þær með öðru kjöti, Fb. ii. 376; eta kjöt, K. Þ. K. 130, 136: þat er kjöt er menn láta af naut, færsauði, geitr ok svín, 130; varna við kjötvi, to abstain from meat, 134, passim: in plur. stores of meat, þau kjöt sem til þess eru niðr lögð á vegum, Stj. 71; gengu kjötin því harðara sinn veg, Bs. ii. 144.
- kjöt (kjǫt)
- COMPDS: kjötát, kjötáta, kjötlær, kjötmatr, kjötstykki, kjötvaxinn, kjötætr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, kjöt may be more accurately written as kjǫt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- proncd.
- pronounced.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)