Herstask
Old Norse Dictionary - herstask
Meaning of Old Norse word "herstask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- herstask
- t, dep. [= mod. hasta, q. v.], to speak harshly to one; hann herstisk á fjándann með reiði ok mælti, Greg. 50, Eb. 118 new Ed., Hom. 16 (= Lat. exasperare), Blas. 31.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚱᛋᛏᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dep.
- deponent.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)