Barn-æska
Old Norse Dictionary - barn-æska
Meaning of Old Norse word "barn-æska"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- barn-æska
- u, f. childhood, Eg. 116, Grág. ii. 392, Fms. i. 4, x. 273; bráð er b., the youth is impatient, a proverb, cp. Am. 75.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚱᚾ-ᛅᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)