Vatna
Old Icelandic Dictionary - vatnaMeaning 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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