For-ysta
Old Norse Dictionary - for-ysta
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-ysta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word for-ysta can mean:for-ysta
- for-ysta
- u, f. (forosta, Fms. ii. 88, Fs. 8, Grág. i. 503, Ísl. ii. 87, 330), mod. forusta [qs. forvista, vi = y]:—headship, leadership, and even used personally a captain, 623. 56, Fms. ii. 88, v. 273, vii. 326, Hkr. ii. 202, v. l., Sturl. i. 759, Mork. 137, 140 (cp. Fms. vii. 25, Hkr. iii. 206), Glúm. 340.
- for-ysta
- COMPDS: forustugeldingr, forystulauss, forustusauðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚢᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- qs.
- quasi.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)