Sátt-máli
Old Norse Dictionary - sátt-máli
Meaning of Old Norse word "sátt-máli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sátt-máli
- a, m. (old writers prefer the neut. sattmál), a covenant, Hkr. ii. 119 (but Ó. H. l. c. sáttmál), B. K. 126, Sks. 51; einn sáttmála … þann eilífa sáttmála milli Guðs ok allra lifandi dýra … þetta skal vera teikn á þeim sáttmála, sem ek hefi upp reist Gen. ix. 9–17; Gamli sáttmáli, the covenant between the Icelanders and the king of Norway, D. I. i. 602 sqq.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᛏᛏ-ᛘᛅᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- neut.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- B. K.
- Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)