Holdgask
Old Norse Dictionary - holdgask
Meaning of Old Norse word "holdgask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- holdgask
- að, dep., eccl. to take flesh, be incarnate, Rb. 80, Mar., Stj., N. T., Vídal., Pass. passim: in a profane sense, ok holdguðumk ek svá með þessum hætti, Fms. x. 307.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛚᛏᚴᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dep.
- deponent.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.