Flaum-ósi
Old Norse Dictionary - flaum-ósi
Meaning of Old Norse word "flaum-ósi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- flaum-ósi
- (mod. flumósa), adj. rushing heedlessly on, metaph. from the sudden swelling of a torrent, Gísl. 30, Fs. 30.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛅᚢᛘ-ᚢᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)