Vita-skuld

Old Norse Dictionary - vita-skuld

Meaning of Old Norse word "vita-skuld"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word vita-skuld can mean:vita-skuld

vita-skuld
m. an acknowledged debt; at loknum öllum vita-várskuldum, debts contracted in the spring, Dipl. v. 18.
vita-skuld
2. metaph. in mod. usage, a matter of course; það er vitaskuld!

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛏᛅ-ᛋᚴᚢᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
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