Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FJÓS

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

3 definitions

1 FJÓS

1. n., contr. form = fé-hús = ‘cow-house,’ [Norse fjös; the contracted form is usual even in the earliest writers]:—a cow-house, byre, stall, Ld. 98, Gísl. 28 sqq., Dropl. 28, Njarð. 368, Sturl. ii. 43, iii. 54, Fms. ix. 508; vera í fjósi, or fara í fjós, to attend to the cows.

2 FJÓS

COMPDS: fjós-dyr, fjós-haugr, fjós-hlaða, fjós-hurð, fjós-reka, fjós-veggr, etc., the door, mound, barn, hurdle, spade, wall, etc. of a fjós. fjós-gata, u, f. the byre-path, Landn. 51. Fjósa-karlar, m. pl. the ‘byre-carles,’ the three stars in the sword of Orion. fjósa-kona, u, f. a byre-maid, Landn. (Hb.) 51: fjósa-konur, the ‘byre-maids,’ the three stars in the belt of Orion, because the dairy-work is in the winter months (Dec., Jan.) fixed by the rising of these stars. fjósa-verk, n. ‘byre work,’ attendance on the cows, Nj. 185, v. l.

3 FJÓS

2. mod. þjós, f. the carcase of a whale, Grág. ii. 360, 372, Jb. 310 B (passim).

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Runic Inscription

FJÓS

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "FJÓS" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

contr.: contracted.
etc.: et cetera.
f.: feminine.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
pl.: plural.
sing: singular.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Dropl.: Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Hb.: Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Njarð.: Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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