Met

Old Norwegian Dictionary - met

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "met" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

met: met, n. Skaalvægtslod; ef minna þarf atvega en halfa vett, þá veti í skálummeð metum LandsL. 8, 299 jvf 2 (ByL. 7,289); jvf Jómsv. 7227 fg (Flat. I, 1891);Fm. VI, 183; einar vagarskal(i)r meðmetom Dn. I, 32116; fig. koma sínummetum við dvs. faa gjort sin Indflydelsegjældende (eg. lægge sine Lodder i Vægt-skaalen): þar hefir hamhleypan DísKolsdóttir komit við metum sínum Fld.II, 38515 fg; L. - kom þar við metumsínum at stela horninu frá henni Fld.II, 39824; Heinir höfðu svá drengiligasaman haldit, at Ribbungar kómu þaraldri sínum metum (mætti Flat. III, 752)við Fm. IX, 36728 (IceL. Sag. II, 10713).

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚽᛏ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

eg.: egentlig.

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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