Fress
Old Norse Dictionary - fress
Meaning of Old Norse word "fress"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fress
- m. a tom-cat, Edda 63, Grág. i. 501; also called fress-köttr, m., and steggr, q. v.:—a bear, Edda (Gl.), Korm. (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)