Víti
Old Icelandic Dictionary - vítiMeaning of Old Icelandic word "víti" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
víti Old Icelandic word can mean:
- víti
- n.
- víti
- 1) punishment; skapa e-m v. fyrir e-t, to punish one for a thing; fá, taka v., to suffer punishment (Þorgils segir, at hún skal v. fyrir taka); láta sér annars v. at varnaði, to be warned by another’s woe;
- víti
- 2) fine, mulct, = févíti (gjalda ~);
- víti
- 3) sconce, = borðvíti; en er kom at jólum, vóru v. upp sögð, but when Yule came the sconces were declared.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛏᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.