Möttul-skaut
Old Norse Dictionary - möttul-skaut
Meaning of Old Norse word "möttul-skaut" (or mǫttul-skaut)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- möttul-skaut (mǫttul-skaut)
- n. a mantle-skirt, Korm. 214 (as also the verse), Fms. vi. 243.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, möttul-skaut may be more accurately written as mǫttul-skaut.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛏᛏᚢᛚ-ᛋᚴᛅᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)