Fnjóskr
Old Norse Dictionary - fnjóskr
Meaning of Old Norse word "fnjóskr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fnjóskr
- mod. hnjóskr, m. [Swed. fnöske, cp. Swed. fnas = husk]:—touchwood, Fms. vii. 225: metaph., synda-f., Mar. 23; fnjóskr eðr kveyking, id.; hence local names in Icel., as Fnjóska-dalr, Fnjósk-á, Landn., Eggert Itin.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚾᛁᚢᛋᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)