HROSTI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HROSTI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HROSTI

a, m. [Dan. roste; perh. the Engl. roast is akin; in Ivar Aasen roste—the mash]:—the mash in a brewer’s boiler, also the boiler and mash together; fánn h., the shining frothy mash, Stor. 18; whence hrosta-fen, hrosta-brim, n. the hot boiling fluid, Kormak, Arnór; hrosta-búð, f. a beer-shop, D. N. v. 763; hrosta-lúðr, m. a ‘mash-box,’ = the boiler; the word only occurs in poetry.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚱᚢᛋᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
perh.: perhaps.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Stor.: Sona-torrek. (A. III.)

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