Mat-vælar
Old Norse Dictionary - mat-vælar
Meaning of Old Norse word "mat-vælar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mat-vælar
- f. pl. petty larceny of food, Parc. 44 (Ed., rendering of Fr. larencin, see foot-note); hinu þykki mér líkara at þat sé matvælar þeim er þar hokra at þjóna því, Mirm. 70. 2. mat-væli, n. pl., metaph. means of subsistence, stores of food, Fas. iii. 412, and so in mod. usage; matvæli þegar þverra fara, þau kenna Guði sultar stúr, Bb. 1. 7.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛏ-ᚢᛅᛚᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Mirm.
- Mirmants Saga. (G. II.)