Mata
Old Norse Dictionary - mata
Meaning of Old Norse word "mata"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mata can mean:mata
- mata
- 1. u, f. [matr], provender, a mess; of a crew, Kolbeinn lét Hrapp þá fara mötu til sín, Nj. 128, v. l.; the food of fishermen: a fee to the priest (paid in butter), called prests-mata.
- mata
- COMPDS: mötunautr, mötuneyti.
- mata
- 2. að, [matr], to feed another, as the nurse does the sick and children; hann getr ekki matað sig, það verðr að mata hann, of a person who cannot even eat without assistance.
- mata
- II. reflex. matask, to eat, take food, take a meal, Nj. 175, Fms. i. 35, Fb. ii. 273, Eg. 232, K. Þ. K. 136; spurði hví hann mataðisk svá seint, why he went on eating so slowly, Eb. 244.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)