Basta
Old Norse Dictionary - basta
Meaning of Old Norse word "basta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- basta
- að, to bind into a parcel, D. N. ii. 560 (Fr.), Fms. v. 301.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.