Flaska

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Flaska

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 flaska

1. að, to split, in the popular phrase, flaska á skeri, to split on a skerry or rock, of a ship, cp. Grett. 148 (in a verse).

2 flaska

2. u, f. [a word prob. of Byzantine origin, from Gr. φλάσκη, φλάσκιον; Dan. and Swed. flaska or flaske; Germ. flasche; Engl. flask; Ital. fiasco; Span. flasco; Fr. flacon; cp. Du Cange s. v. flasco and flasca]:—a flask; but it must be old, as flösku-skegg, n. bottle-beard, occurs in Landn. as a nickname of an uncle of the old Njal.; flösku-bakr, m. bottle-back, which occurs as a nickname in Grett., cp. Landn.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛚᛅᛋᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
Fr
French in etymologies.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
Gr.
Greek.
Ital.
Italian.
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
orig
original, originally.
p.
page.
prob
probable, probably.
prob.
probable, probably.
s. v.
sub verbo.
Span.
Spanish.
Swed
Swedish.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)

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