Met-orð
Old Norse Dictionary - met-orð
Meaning of Old Norse word "met-orð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word met-orð can mean:met-orð
- met-orð
- n. an estimate, valuation; hann skal eið vinna ok meta, ok skal hans m. þá standa, Grág. i. 393, Gþl. 296, Fb. i. 563, where = taxation.
- met-orð
- 2. esteem, consideration; var svá mikit Danskra manna m. at eins þeirra vitni skyldi hrinda tíu Norðmanna, Fms. x. 398 (Ágrip.); þeir görðu svá mikil metorð hans, at …, paid him so much regard that …, Grett. 125; þykkir mönnum mjök hallask hafa metorð Vestanmanna, Ísl. ii. 170; Guðmundr sat mjök yfir metorðum manna norðr þar, G. bore down all men there, Lv. 36.
- met-orð
- 3. rank, dignity, only in plur.; forráð bæði fjár ok metorða, Sturl. i. 4. and so in mod. usage.
- met-orð
- COMPDS: metorðagirnd, metorðagjarn, metorðamaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛏ-ᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- mod.
- modern.
- plur.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)