BELTI
nafnorðhvorugkyn
n. [Lat. balteus; Engl. belt]
1. a belt, esp. a belt of metal (silver) or embroidered, esp. belonging to a woman, Ld. 284, Sturl. iii. 189, Nj. 2, 24: belonging to a man, with a knife fastened to it, Fs. 101, Fms. iv. 27; kníf ok belti ok vóru þat góðir gripir, Gísl. 54, Fms. ix. 25, Fb. ii. 8, Nj. 91; as a naut. term, Edda (Gl.)
COMPDS: beltadráttr, beltispúss, beltisstaðr.
2. Belti, Mare Balticum, is derived from the Lithuanian baltas = albus.
3. astron. a zone, himinbelti, hitabelli, kuldabelti.