Fösull
Old Norse Dictionary - fösull
Meaning of Old Norse word "fösull" (or fǫsull)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fösull (fǫsull)
- m., pl. föslar. [Germ. fasel; O. H. G. fasal; A. S. fæsel]:—a brood; gljúfra f., the brood of the chasms, a dragon, poët., Nj. 109 (in a verse), an απ. λεγ.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, fösull may be more accurately written as fǫsull.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᛋᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)