Mál-nyta
Old Norse Dictionary - mál-nyta
Meaning of Old Norse word "mál-nyta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mál-nyta
- u, f. [mál = time], milch kine; ef hann er-at landeigandi ok hefr-at málnytu, Grág. i. 158; ef maðr lætr mólka málnytu annars manns vísvitandi, ii. 309; at málnytu verði hagfátt, Fms. vi. 103; reka málnytu sína, K. Þ. K. 82. málnytu-kúgildi, -kýr, -kýrlag, n. milch cattle, Jb. 360, H. E. i. 395, 494.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚ-ᚾᚢᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)