Petti
Old Norse Dictionary - petti
Meaning of Old Norse word "petti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- petti
- n. [Fr. petit; Engl. petty], a small piece of a field; svo lítið petti, freq. in mod. conversation; the word prob. was imported with the English trade (15th or 16th century).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛏᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.