Neyti
Old Norse Dictionary - neyti
Meaning of Old Norse word "neyti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word neyti can mean:neyti
- neyti
- n. [nautr], fellowship, mateship, a company; neyti eru nítján menn, nineteen make a company, Edda 208; bera vætti með neyti þat (with other fellow-witnesses) er ek fæ þér til, Grág. ii. 54; leysa þann kvið af hendi þegar er þeir hafa neyti at, i. 54: esp. in compds, mötu-neyti, föru-n., ráðu-n., lögu-n. (q. v.), etc.
- neyti
- 2. use; hafa jarðkost fjallanna ok þó neyti (= not, q. v.) af sjónum, Fs. 20.
- neyti
- II. [naut], cattle, in compds, kú-neyti, blót-n., ung-n., q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚢᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)