Vestr-ætt
Old Norse Dictionary - vestr-ætt
Meaning of Old Norse word "vestr-ætt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vestr-ætt
- f. the western quarter, of the heavens; líta í v., Nj. 194; stefna í v., Fb. i. 539; fljúga ór v., Ísl. ii. 196.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛏᚱ-ᛅᛏᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)