Skvetta
Old Norse Dictionary - skvetta
Meaning of Old Norse word "skvetta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skvetta
- t, to squirt out, throw out, prop. of the sound of water quickly thrown out of a jug; skvetta úr fötunni, freq. in mod. usage; tók hún vatn úr læknum, ok skvetti framan í það, Kveldv. ii. 176; hann (the brook) skvetti á mig, Jónas 322.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛁᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Jónas
- Jónas Hallgrímsson.