Þáttr

Old Norse Dictionary - þáttr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þáttr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word þáttr can mean:þáttr

þáttr
m., gen. þáttar, dat. þætti, pl. þættir, þátta, acc. þáttu, mod. þætti; [Germ. docht; Dan. tot; cp. Lat. texo, textum]:—a single strand of a rope; ok skar í sundr átta þáttuna í festinni, Bs. i. 599, ii. 111; sneru þær af afli örlög-þáttu, Hkv. 1. 3; öfundar-þáttr, Fms. xi. 442.
þáttr
II. metaph. a section; þá tvá þótto ástarinnar, Hom. (St.); lifið einir ér, þátta (gen. pl.) ættar minnar, Hðm. 4: esp. a section of law, segja upp lögþáttu alla … skal svá görla þáttu alla upp segja, Grág. i. 2; í þessum þætti, ii. 345; í landabrigðis-þætti, id.; Kristinna laga þátt, K. Þ. K. 140: a short story, þenna þ́tt niðrstigningar Kristr, Niðrst. 110; þáttr Eymundar, Fb. ii. 54; hér hefr upp þátt Styrbjarnar, 70; þáttr Orms Stórólfssunar, i. 521; Alfgeirs þáttr, Ísl. ii. 97, etc. þatta-tal, n. the number of sections in a code of laws, Rb. 4.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛅᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
dat.
dative.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.
esp.
especially.
etc.
et cetera.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hðm.
Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Niðrst.
Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
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