Malattu-sótt
Old Norse Dictionary - malattu-sótt
Meaning of Old Norse word "malattu-sótt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- malattu-sótt
- f. [from Fr. maladie], leprosy, 15. K. 107.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚᛅᛏᛏᚢ-ᛋᚢᛏᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.