Mötuneyti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mötuneyti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mötuneyti" (or mǫtuneyti) in Norwegian.

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

mötuneyti (mǫtuneyti): mötuneyti, n. Forholdet mellem flere Per-soner, at de have fælles Kosthold, holdesine Maaltider i Fællesskab; haf ok aldriúspaka menn ok svarfsama í mötuneytimeð þér eða í sveit Kgs. 833; Gautr -var til skips kominn ok hafði annatmötuneyti en Þorgeirr Fbr. 515; efetr man manna (nl. hrossakjöt í langa-föstu) fyrir útan dróttins ráð, þá skaldróttinn hans selja hann or landeignkonungs várs ok fénýta sér ok blandaeigi mötuneyti við hann Gul. 2027 jvf225; þú skalt fara í mötuneyti með þeimÞóri munn ok Erlendi maga Sturl. II,27018; Skrýmir bauð þá, at þeir lögðumötuneyti sítt (dvs. með sér), en Þórrjátti því, þá batt s. nest þeirra allt íeinn bagga SE. I, 14617; ef hann ereinn sér í mötuneyti Grg. I, 22817; varhann einn saman í mötuneyti Eb. 39(701); ef stýrimaðr sá verðr veginn, ereinn á skip ok er einn í mötuneytiGrág. 3399.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, mötuneyti may be more accurately written as mǫtuneyti.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚯᛏᚢᚿᚽᛦᛏᛁ
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:

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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