Mætr
Old Norse Dictionary - mætr
Meaning of Old Norse word "mætr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mætr
- adj. valuable, excellent, of persons meet, worthy; mætr ok ágætr, El., Stj.; mætan mar, Hdl. 5; Guði ok hans mætu móður, D. N. i. 51; mætustu móður, Th. 78; maðr mæztr und sólu, Gkv. 1. 7:—lawful, valid, dæma sök mæta eðr úmæta, Grág. i. 67; lög-mætr, lawful; ú-mætr, invalid.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- El.
- Elis Saga. (G. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)