Angist
Old Norse Dictionary - angist
Meaning of Old Norse word "angist"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word angist can mean:angist
- angist
- f. [Lat. angustia; Fr. angoisse; Engl. anguish; Germ, angst], anguish, esp. in theol. writers, Stj. 31, 51, 55, 106, 114.
- angist
- COMPDS: angistarár, angistarneyð, angistartími.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᚴᛁᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- theol.
- theological, theologically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)