Spaði
Old Norse Dictionary - spaði
Meaning of Old Norse word "spaði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word spaði can mean:spaði
- spaði
- a, m. a spade, freq. in mod. usau;e.
- spaði
- 2. the check pattern used in hand-weaving; tróður hafa á spöðum, Hallgr.; hence the phrase, hafa á spöðunum, to be all busy and bustling, id.
- spaði
- 3. the spade in cards.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛅᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Works & Authors cited:
- Hallgr.
- Hallgrímr Pétrsson.