Peita
Old Norse Dictionary - peita
Meaning of Old Norse word "peita"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- peita
- u, f. Poictiers in France, Fms.: a Poictier’s shaft or missile, Lex. Poët.: Peitneskr, adj. from P., id.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛁᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.