Fága
Old Norse Dictionary - fága
Meaning of Old Norse word "fága"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fága can mean:fága
- fága
- að, to polish, clean; f. saltkatla, Fas. ii. 499, Eg. 520 (vide eik); f. hest, to curry a horse, Sks. 374; öll fáguð (painted) með brögðum, Fms. v. 345.
- fága
- 2. metaph. to cultivate; fága jörðina, to till the earth, 549 B; f. akr, Mar. 188: of arts, science, sem hann fágaði þá iðn lengr, Lv. 115.
- fága
- β. to worship; f. heiðin guð, Stj. 576; f. heiðin sið, Lex. Poët.; f. helga menn, H. E. i. 243.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)