At-súgr
Old Norse Dictionary - at-súgr
Meaning of Old Norse word "at-súgr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word at-súgr can mean:at-súgr
- at-súgr
- m. prop. pressure [súgr] caused by crowding; now freq. in the phrase, göra a. að e-m, to mob one.
- at-súgr
- β. the phrase, bora frekan atsúg um e-t (where the metaphor is taken from boring), to deal harshly with, pierce through to the marrow, Orkn. 144: cp. Fms. vii. 29.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏ-ᛋᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- cp.
- compare.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)