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.)
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