JASTR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

JASTR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 JASTR

or jast, n. [Engl. yeast; mid. H. G. jest and gest; Germ. gischt; Ivar Aasen jest and jestr; akin to ostr (q. v.) = a cheese]:—yeast, leaven; jastri, dat., Nikd.: jast-ostr, m. a kind of cheese, Fms. vi. (in a verse): jast-rín, f., poët. the ‘yeasting-stream’ = poetry, song, Kormak: in mod. usage jastr means the skin on curdled milk, whence jastr-súr, adj. curdled, acid, of milk, Lex. Poët.; hence the mod. hjastr, n. a frothy, light work; það er mesta hjastr.

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛅᛋᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
ch: chapter.
dat.: dative.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mid. H. G.: Middle High German.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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