Vetr-liði
Old Norse Dictionary - vetr-liði
Meaning of Old Norse word "vetr-liði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vetr-liði
- a, m. one wbo has past a winter, esp. a ‘winter-old’ bear, Edda i. 590, Grett.: also freq. as a pr. name, Landn. (mod. Norse Vetle); cp. Sumar-liði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛏᚱ-ᛚᛁᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)