Digrask

Old Norse Dictionary - digrask

Meaning of Old Norse word "digrask"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

digrask
að, to grow big, of a pregnant woman, Fms. xi. 53; d. í gerðum, id., Bárð. 173, Fb. i. 157: metaph. to make oneself big, d. ok dramba, Th. 11.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚴᚱᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Bárð.
Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
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