Sáttar-görð
Old Norse Dictionary - sáttar-görð
Meaning of Old Norse word "sáttar-görð" (or sáttar-gǫrð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sáttar-görð (sáttar-gǫrð)
- f. the making a treaty, agreement, peace-transactions, Fb. ii. 234, Grág. i. 136, 485; sáttargörðar váttr, 83.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sáttar-görð may be more accurately written as sáttar-gǫrð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᛏᛏᛅᚱ-ᚴᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)