Makt
Old Norse Dictionary - makt
Meaning of Old Norse word "makt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word makt can mean:makt
- makt
- f. [a for. word, for the genuine form is máttr, q. v.]:—might, power, Bs. i. 773, Clar., and in romances of a later date, freq. in mod. usage, Pass., Vídal. passim.
- makt
- COMPDS: maktarleiki, maktarmaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚴᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- for.
- foreign.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Clar.
- Clarus Saga. (G. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.