Rót
Old Norse Dictionary - rót
Meaning of Old Norse word "rót"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word rót can mean:rót
- rót
- f., pl. rætr (rœtr), [a word common to all Teut, languages, cp.also Lat. rādix]:—a root; hvers hann af rót um renn, Hm. 139; rót af grasi, Pr. 471; íllr ávöxtr af íllri rót, FmS. ii. 48: metaph., vera rót (cause) undir e-u, Sturl. ii. 72; koma af rótum e-s, id., FmS. ix. 254; rót ok upphaf, Fb. iii. 245; af hverjum rótum þetta hefði risit, 308; af rót vándra manna, BS. 11. 93.
- rót
- 2. the lower part of a tree; rót kerlingar … hann tvíhendi oxina til rótarinnar, Grett. 151: a root of a tree used in witchcraft, of an enchanted thing, engi maðr skal hafa í húsi sinn staf eðr stalla, vit eða blót, eðr rót, eða þat er til heiðins siðar veit, N. G. l. i. 383, 389, cp. Grett. l. c.
- rót
- 3. mathem. a root (square, cubic), MS. 544. 154, passim.
- rót
- COMPDS: rótardráttr, rótartré, rótaklumba.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.
- plural.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)