Ferskr
Old Norse Dictionary - ferskr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ferskr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ferskr
- adj. [O. H. G. frisc; Germ. fersch; Engl. fresh], fresh, of food, meat, fish, fruit, etc.; ferskr fiskr, N. G. l. iii. 193; fersk grös, fresh herbs, Bs. i. 258; fersk lykt, a fresh smell, Clar. 85; ferskar gjafir, Stj. 109: scarcely used in a metaph. sense as in Engl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚱᛋᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Clar.
- Clarus Saga. (G. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)