Pata

Meaning of Old Norse word "pata"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

pata

að, to ‘patter,’ prattle, and patari, a, m. a ‘patterer,’ prattler; að patarinn svo patar einn, hann patar sig inn í skaða, a ditty.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements