Aska
Old Norse Dictionary - aska
Meaning of Old Norse word "aska"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word aska can mean:aska
- aska
- u, f. [a common Teut. word], ashes, lit. and metaph., Fms. i. 9, Stj. 208; mold ok aska, Nj. 161, 208; dust eitt ok a., 655 xi. 3: pl. öskum, Stj. 74 (transl. from Latin).
- aska
- COMPDS: öskubakaðr, öskudagr, öskuóðinsdagr, öskudreifðr, öskudyngja, öskufall, öskufölr, öskuhaugr, öskustó.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.
- plural.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- transl.
- translation.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)