Vaztir
Old Norse Dictionary - vaztir
Meaning of Old Norse word "vaztir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vaztir
- f. pl., i. e. vatztir, not vastir, for vazta rhymes with baztan, Edda; in sing. vözt, Edda (Gl.) i. 574: [from vatr = vatn]:—a fishing-bank, = mið; á þær vaztir (thus Cod. Reg., vastir Worm.) er hann var vanr at sitja, Edda i. 168; sitja á vöztum ok hafa vað fyrir borði, n. G. l. i. 65; finna hval á vöztum, 60; þenna dag var Ingjaldr róinn á vastir (late vellum), Gísl. 48; vazta (gen. pl.) undirkúla, Edda i. 350 (cp. the verse); hrein-vaztir, poët. the reindeer’s abode, mountain, Skálda (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛋᛏᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Cod.
- Codex.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- sing.
- singular.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)