Píslar-vætti
Old Norse Dictionary - píslar-vætti
Meaning of Old Norse word "píslar-vætti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- píslar-vætti
- n. martyrdom, Hom. 82, Magn. 430, Vídal., passim in mod. usage, for the word ‘martyr’ is never used in Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛋᛚᛅᚱ-ᚢᛅᛏᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.