Hasta
Old Norse Dictionary - hasta
Meaning of Old Norse word "hasta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hasta
- að, the mod. form of the old hersta (q. v.) in the phrase, hasta á e-n, to rebuke one to silence, command one to hold his peace, e. g. of children: used of Christ in the Gospel, þá reis hann upp og hastaði á vindinn og sjóinn, þá varð logn mikit, Matth. viii. 26.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.