Vættugi
Old Norse Dictionary - vættugi
Meaning of Old Norse word "vættugi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vættugi
- or vettugi, nothing, naught; glysi þessu er vættugis er vert, Fms. vi. 263; vettugis vert, ii. 46; eyjar skika þann er vettugis er neytr. Fas. ii. 299, Fb. i. 523; varr at vettogi, Am. 38; var þeim vettugis vant, Vsp. 8; þeir verða stundum at vettogi ok annars þurfandi, they often come to naught and to destruction, Barl. 70; margr mundi vilja opt á einum degi at vettogi verða, wish to be annihilated, Hom. 69; sú festning dæmisk at vettugi, þótt hón á komi, N. G. l. i. 300; eigi er skírn þín betri enn vættugi, better than naught, Karl. 460; hafa at vettugi, Gþl. 254.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛏᛏᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)