Frost
Old Norse Dictionary - frost
Meaning of Old Norse word "frost"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- frost
- n. [frjósa; A. S. fyrst; Engl., Germ., Dan., and Swed. frost]:—frost: allit., frost ok funi, Sl. 18, FaS. iii. 613; frost veðrs, FmS. ix. 241: often used in pl., frost mikil ok kuldar, ii. 29; frosta vetr, a frosty winter, Ann. 1348; frost ok snjóar, frost and snow; hörku-f., a sharp frost. frosta-tól, n. ‘frosty tools’ i. e. frail tools or implements that crack as if frost-bitten.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᚢᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sl.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)