Hætta

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hætta Old Icelandic word can mean:

hætta

I)

hætta

(-tta, -tt), v. to leave of, with dat. (h. heyverkum); with infin. to cease (h. at tala).

hætta

II)

hætta

(-tta, -tt), v. to risk, venture, stake, with dat. (L. vildi eigi út h. sínum mönnum); h. til þess virðing þinni, to stake thy honour on it; impers., litlu hættir nú til, there is but small risk; absol., hefir sá er hættir, he wins who risks, ‘nothing venture nothing have’; h. til e-s, to risk a thing (vil ek heldr til þess h. en hitt spyrist áönnur lönd); h. á e-t, to risk (kváðust á það mundu h. at berjast); to venture upon, to trust to (h. á miskunn e-s); h. e-u undir e-n, to depend on one for a thing.

hætta

III)

hætta

f. danger, peril; eiga mikit íhættu, to run a great risk; leggja e-t í hættu, to expose to risk or danger (leggja sik, líf sitt, fé sitt, í hættu); leggja á þá hættu, to run the risk.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛏᛏᛅ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary