Vöttr
Old Norse Dictionary - vöttr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vöttr" (or vǫttr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vöttr can mean:vöttr
- vöttr (vǫttr)
- m., gen. vattar, dat. vetti, pl. vettir, acc. vöttu; contr. for vantr: [Fr. gant, whence Engl. gauntlet; Dan. vatner]:—a glove; hafði maðr vöttu á höndum, Lv. 100; staf ok vöttum, Fms. iii. 176; hann dró þar á sik vöttu sína, Grett. 160 new Ed., and passim in mod. usage; the dimin. vetlingr has displaced the old word.
- vöttr (vǫttr)
- 2. a pillow; vöttu dúns fulla, Hornklofi.
- vöttr (vǫttr)
- II. a pr. name, Fas.
- vöttr (vǫttr)
- 2. in local names, Vattar-nes, -tunga, -fjörðr, Landn., map of Icel.; Band-vettir, the name of horses, Gísl.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, vöttr may be more accurately written as vǫttr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- contr.
- contracted.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- dimin.
- diminutive.
- Engl.
- English.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)