Meitill
Old Norse Dictionary - meitill
Meaning of Old Norse word "meitill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- meitill
- m., dat. meitli, [Germ. meissel], a chisel, Eg. (in a verse), freq. in mod. usage; whence meitil-berg, n., Grett. 141; or also meitil-stapi, a, m. a steep precipice as if cut with a chisel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛁᛏᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)