Kussa
Old Norse Dictionary - kussa
Meaning of Old Norse word "kussa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kussa
- u, f., mod. kusa, a cow, as a colloquial dimin., freq. in mod. usage; and so cush is used in the north of England: as a nickname, Fms. viii. 247.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛋᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dimin.
- diminutive.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)