Fjör-löstr
Old Norse Dictionary - fjör-löstr
Meaning of Old Norse word "fjör-löstr" (or fjǫr-lǫstr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fjör-löstr (fjǫr-lǫstr)
- m. loss of life, Grág. i. 187, Fms. xi. 135; used in the phrase, verða e-m að fjörlesti, to cause one’s death, Gísl. 62.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, fjör-löstr may be more accurately written as fjǫr-lǫstr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚢᚱ-ᛚᚢᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)