Motti
Old Norse Dictionary - motti
Meaning of Old Norse word "motti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- motti
- a, m. [Ivar Aasen mott; Swed. mått; Engl. moth]:—a moth; sem mölr eða motti etr ok eyðir, Barl. 44: metaph. a sluggish person, [as in provinc. Engl. a moth, drone], Edda (gl.), Fms. vi. 170 (in a verse). mott-étinn, part. moth-eaten, D. N.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛏᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- part.
- participle.
- provinc.
- provincial.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.