ÓSK

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ÓSK

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ÓSK

f. dat. ósk, but ósku when it is a pr. name, [A. S. wiscan; Engl. wish; O. H. G. wunsc; Germ. wunsch; Dan. önske]:—a wish; þessi ósk veitisk þér, Fb. i. 31, passim: freq. in plur., ok er gott góðu at una er yðr gengr allt at óskum, Fas. i. 189; þú ert virðinga-maðr mikill ok gengit lengi at óskum líf þitt, Glúm. 337; ok þótti Helga þetta má hafa at óskum gengit, Dropl. 14:—óska-vel, all as one wishes, Fb. i. 34.

2 ÓSK

COMPDS: óskabarn, óskabjörn, óskabyrr, óskasonr, óskasteinn, óskastund.

3 ÓSK

II. a pr. name of a woman, dat. Ósku, Landn.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛋᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
dat.: dative.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
pl.: plural.
plur.: plural.
pr.: proper.
S.: South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Dropl.: Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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