Dauss
Old Norse Dictionary - dauss
Meaning of Old Norse word "dauss"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dauss can mean:dauss
- dauss
- m. [mid. H. G. tûs; Fr. deux], the dice; kasta daus, to cast a die, Sturl. ii. 95.
- dauss
- II. the rump, of cattle, Fas. ii. 510, cp. dof.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)