Nýtr
Old Norse Dictionary - nýtr
Meaning of Old Norse word "nýtr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nýtr
- adj. fit, usable; nýtr dúkr, Pm. 107; sagði fé til þess nýtt, at …, Ld. 318: able, Str. 68; hefir eigi nýtra dreng fundit, Fms. ii. 23; hinn nýzti maðr, Eg. 141, Ld. 162; enn nýtasti fardrengr, Fms. ii. 23: valid, þá er hvárskis görð nýt, Grág. i. 494; láttú niðr detta, engu er nýtt, ‘tis all good for nothing, Fs. 159: neut. as subst., at öngu nýtu, to no use, H. E. i. 243; þær konur er með nýtu hafa verit, who have been good for something, id.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- neut.
- neuter.
- subst.
- substantive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)