Þáttr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þáttrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "þáttr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
þáttr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- þáttr
- (gen. þáttar, pl. þættir, acc. þáttu), m.
- þáttr
- 1) a single strand of a rope (skar í sundr átta þáttuna í festinni); fig., þættir ættar minnar, strands of my race;
- þáttr
- 2) section, division, esp. a section of law (kristinna laga ~);
- þáttr
- 3) short story (^~ Orms Stórólfssonar).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛅᛏᛏᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- esp.
- especially.
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