Kost-gæfa
Old Norse Dictionary - kost-gæfa
Meaning of Old Norse word "kost-gæfa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kost-gæfa can mean:kost-gæfa
- kost-gæfa
- ð, to push on with a thing; kostgæfa eptirförna, to pursue hard, Ísl. ii. 360; k. undanróðrinn, Fb. i. 396; k. e-s nauðsyn, ii. 91.
- kost-gæfa
- 2. to strive, take pains, with infin.; k. at fremja, Bs. i. 42, Magn. 468, Fms. i. 184, vii. 31, Eb. 39 new Ed.:—reflex., H. E. i. 249, Barl. 78.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛋᛏ-ᚴᛅᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- infin.
- infinitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)