Oddviti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - oddviti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "oddviti" in Norwegian.

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

oddviti
oddviti, m. Anfører, Person som gaar i Spidsen for en Flok eller et Foretagende. OH. 21410; folks oddviti Hjörv. 10;Hund. 2, 10 (12); oddviti liðsins eðaorrostu SE. I, 45423; optast sigrastþeim verr, er fleiri eru saman, heldren hinum, er einn er oddviti firir liðinoOH. 615 (Flat. II, 656); glats oddvitiok dauða jöfurr! þrihöfðaðr Beelzebub!Heilag. II, 625.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚦᚦᚠᛁᛏᛁ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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