Vitaz-gjafi
Old Norse Dictionary - vitaz-gjafi
Meaning of Old Norse word "vitaz-gjafi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vitaz-gjafi
- a, m. (of a gen. vitaðr = surety), a ‘sure giver,’ the name of a field, the crop of which never failed; þat var akr er kallaðr var Vitazgjafi þvíat hann varð aldregi úfrær, … eigi brásk hann Vitazgjafi enn, Glúm. 340, 343.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛏᛅᛋ-ᚴᛁᛅᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)