Vetrtöku-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - vetrtöku-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vetrtöku-maðr" (or vetrtǫku-maðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vetrtöku-maðr (vetrtǫku-maðr)
- = vetrgestr, Grett. 100: vetrtaks-maðr, id., Rd. 286, Fbr. 89.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, vetrtöku-maðr may be more accurately written as vetrtǫku-maðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛏᚱᛏᚢᚴᚢ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)