Festing
Old Norse Dictionary - festing
Meaning of Old Norse word "festing"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word festing can mean:festing
- festing
- f. a fixing, fastening, Gþl. 462; festingar-hvalr, m. a whale driven ashore and secured, Jb. 320.
- festing
- 2. the firmament, Stj. 12, Fas. iii. 664; festingar-himin, m. id., Rb. 78, 110, Fas. l. c., 655 xvii.
- festing
- 3. = festar, betrothals (rare), K. Á. 112, Jb. 131, Gþl. 236; festingar-fé, n. = festarfé, Stj. 468; festingar-stefna, u, f. a betrothal-meeting, n. G. l. i. 382; festingar-váttr, m. = festarváttr, Jb. 162 A.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛋᛏᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)