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.)
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