Ótta
Old Norse Dictionary - ótta
Meaning of Old Norse word "ótta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ótta can mean:ótta
- ótta
- u, f. [an old Teut. word; Ulf. uhtwo = ἔννυχον, or uhtiugs = εὔκαιρος, uhteigo = εὐκαίρως, uhteigs wisan = σχολάζειν; A. S. uhte; Hel. uhta; O. H. G. uohta]:—the last part of the night just before daybreak; í nótt fyrir óttu, FmS. vi. (in a verse); en í óttu fyrir dag (in the ótta before daybreak) stóð hann upp ok klæddi sik, Edda 28; óttu ok öndverðan dag, Am. 50; í óttu, FaS. i. 148, Hkr. i. 70; þegar í óttu, iii. 417, FmS. xi. 433; hana-ótta, cock-crow, gallicinium, N. G. l. i. 9.
- ótta
- COMPDS: óttusöngr, óttutíðir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)