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.)
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