Möttul-band
Old Norse Dictionary - möttul-band
Meaning of Old Norse word "möttul-band" (or mǫttul-band)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- möttul-band (mǫttul-band)
- n. a mantle-tie, fastening it round the neck, Fb. i. 131, Fms. vii. 201, Flóv. 31.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, möttul-band may be more accurately written as mǫttul-band.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛏᛏᚢᛚ-ᛒᛅᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Flóv.
- Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)