Heiti
//ˈheɪti// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A synonym used in Old Norse poetry in place of the normal word for something; a poetic epithet.
Etymology
From Icelandic heiti, from Old Norse heiti, from Old Norse heita (“to be named”), from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (“to call, name, order”). Doublet of hight.
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