Móta
Old Norse Dictionary - móta
Meaning of Old Norse word "móta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word móta can mean:móta
- móta
- að, to stamp, coin; móta penning, passim in mod. usage; mótaðr (stamped) pundari, mótaðr penningr, Rétt., Flóv.
- móta
- 2. metaph. to mark; skyldim vér þannig móta oss mest sem Guð kenndi postulum sínum, ok kvað þá eigi ella mega komask í himinríki nema þeir væri þannig mótaðir, Hom. (St.), Fr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Flóv.
- Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)
- Rétt.
- Réttarbætr. (B. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)