Máta

Meaning of Old Norse word "máta"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

máta

að, to check-mate, in chess.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements