Njótr
Old Norse Dictionary - njótr
Meaning of Old Norse word "njótr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- njótr
- m. an enjoyer, user; hafra njótr = Thor; geisla n. = the fire; and in many poët. compds, hirði-n., etc., all appellations of men, Lex. poët.: in pr. names, Sig-njótr, a victor; Þór-njótr, Baut.:—a mate = nautr, drekka njóts minni, Fms. vi. 52, v. l. njóts-minni, n. [still in Norway called njös-minne, Ivar Aasen, in the new Edition of his Dict., of a cup drunk by customers after striking a bargain]:—a kind of ‘earnest-cup;’ sendi hann honum eina skál fulla mjaðar, ok bað hann drekka njótsminni (mótsminni is an error), hér með, segir konungr, vil ek gefa þér, Sveinn, jarlsnafn, etc., Fms. vi. 52: the suggestion at the end of the article is therefore true.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚢᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Baut.
- Bautil. (K. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.