Ponta
Old Norse Dictionary - ponta
Meaning of Old Norse word "ponta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ponta can mean:ponta
- ponta
- 1. að, = punkta, Skálda 176.
- ponta
- 2. u, f. a mull, snuff-box with a ‘pointed’ end, shaped like a horn, freq. in mod. usage; for a sketch of one see Paikull’s Travels in Icel. pontu-stútr, m. the pointed end of a ponta.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚾᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)