Veimil-týta
Old Norse Dictionary - veimil-týta
Meaning of Old Norse word "veimil-týta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word veimil-týta can mean:veimil-týta
- veimil-týta
- u, f. [cp. Dan. vimmel-skaft = the handle of an auger], prop. a ‘wimble-stick,’ i. e. a crooked stick; but only used,
- veimil-týta
- 2. metaph. a crooked, weakly, thin thing or person; hann er mesta veimiltýta.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛁᛘᛁᛚ-ᛏᚢᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.