Bast
Old Norse Dictionary - bast
Meaning of Old Norse word "bast"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bast
- n.; besti (Vkv. 12) seems to be a dat. masc. from böstr; in Germ. the word is freq. used masc.; the passage l. c. is perh. to be restored thus—þeir er af létu besti (tiliae) byr sima (annulos), who did pull the rings from the cord? (cp. v. 8); [Engl., A. S., and Germ. bast]:—bast, the inner bark of the lime-tree; bast at binda, Rm. 9; bast né band, Gþl. 386, n. G. l. i. 59; sá þeir á bast bauga dregna, Vkv. 7.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- masc.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)