Flesk
Old Norse Dictionary - flesk
Meaning of Old Norse word "flesk"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flesk can mean:flesk
- flesk
- (fleski, Rm. l. c.), n. [A. S. flæsc; Engl. flesh; Germ. fleisch; not in Ulf.; in Icel. and all northern languages kjöt (Swed. kött, Dan. kjöd) is the common word, and flesk is only used of pork or bacon; Dan. flæsk; Swed. fläsk]:—pork, esp. ham and bacon, often used in pl.; fán fleski, Rm. 29; fleska bezt, Gm. 18; forn fleski, Snót 226; brauð ok lítið fleski, BS. i. 819; galtar flesk, Edda 23; hveiti ok flesk, FmS. vi. 263: a dish of kale and bacon was a dainty, hence the saving, drepa fleski í kál, to dip bacon into kale, FaS. iii. 381; e-m fellr flesk í kál, the bacon drops into one’s kale, cp. the Engl. ‘roasted larks flying into one’s mouth;’ honum þótti, ef þetta prófaðisk satt, náliga flesk fallit í kál sitt, BS. i. 717; feitt flesk féll þér í kál (Ed. ketil wrongly), ef þú kannt at súpa, FmS. xi. 348.
- flesk
- COMPD: fleskisneið.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛁᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Snót
- Snót, poems.