Vatna

Old Icelandic Dictionary - vatna

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "vatna" in English.

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

vatna Old Icelandic word can mean:

vatna
(að), v.
vatna
1) to water (~ hestum, fénaði);
vatna
2) to fast on water, = vatnfasta;
vatna
3) impers., land ~r, the land disappears under the (horizon at) sea (þeir sigldu þrjá daga til þess er landit var ~t).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛏᚾᛅ

Abbreviations used:

impers.
impersonal.

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