Ask-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - ask-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ask-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ask-maðr
- m. [A. S. äscmen, vide Adam Brem. below], a viking, pirate, a cognom., Eg., FmS., Hkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛋᚴ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cognom.
- cognomen.
- m.
- masculine.
- nom.
- nominative.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)