Nátt-mál
Old Norse Dictionary - nátt-mál
Meaning of Old Norse word "nátt-mál"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word nátt-mál can mean:nátt-mál
- nátt-mál
- n. ‘night-meal,’ taken as a point of time, about nine o’clock P. M., answering to dagmál (q. v.) in the morning; ok er komit var at náttmáli, Fms. viii. 89; nónhelgan dag til náttmáls, Grág. i. 143; þeir koma þar fyrir náttmál, Nj. 197, v. l. (matmál Ed. less good); kom þar eldr í bæinn um náttmál, Bs. i. 78: in mod. usage only in plur., líðandi náttmál, jöfnu-báðu miðaptans og náttmála (= half-past seven o’clock P. M.)
- nátt-mál
- COMPDS: náttmálaskeið, náttmálavarða.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛅᛏᛏ-ᛘᛅᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)