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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Lil 98VII

[7] veitt að ‘points to’: The idiom vita at means ‘to point towards’, ‘to turn or be turned in the direction of something’, ‘to show how things are related’ (Fritzner: vita 3 and 18; Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: vita IV; Eiríkur Magnússon 1870, 123).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Sigfús Blöndal. 1920-4. Islandsk-dansk ordbog / Íslensk-dönsk orðabók. Reykjavík, Copenhagen and Kristiania (Oslo): Verslun Þórarins B. Þorlákssonar / Aschehoug.
  3. Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.

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