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At-sókn

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Definizioni

4 Definizioni

1 at-sókn

f. [sækja at], onslaught, attack, Fms. i. 64, Nj. 100, etc.

2 at-sókn

β. a throng of guests or visitors seeking hospitality; föng vóru lítil en a. mikill, Bs. i. 63 (now freq.)

3 at-sókn

γ. in popular superstition, the foreboding of a guest’s arrival; sleep, drowsiness, or the like, caused, as people believe, by the fylgja or ‘fetch’ of the guest, his sure forerunner; the Icelanders speak of a good, agreeable aðsókn, or a bad, disagreeable one; a man may ‘sækja vel eðr ilia að,’ as he is an agreeable guest or not. Only a ‘fey’ man’s fylgja follows after him. Vide Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 354 sqq.

4 at-sókn

COMPD: atsóknarmaðr.

Parole simili

Iscrizione runica

at-sókn

Possibile iscrizione runica in futhark giovane

Il testo runico sopra rappresenta la parola norrena antica "at-sókn" come potrebbe apparire nelle iscrizioni runiche dell'era vichinga (ca. 800-1100 d.C.).

Abbreviazioni utilizzate

Abbreviazioni comuni

ch: chapter.
etc.: et cetera.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
lit: literally.
m.: masculine.

Opere & Autori

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ísl. Þjóðs.: Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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