Mælska
Old Norse Dictionary - mælska
Meaning of Old Norse word "mælska"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mælska can mean:mælska
- mælska
- u, f. eloquence, Hdl. 3, Post. 645. 90, Fr. 439, passim: idiom, nema mælsku allra þjóða, Konr.: pronunciation, mod. mæli, hón kvaðsk kenna mælsku hans at hann var Galverskr, 656 C. 4.
- mælska
- COMPDS: mælskuandi, mælskumaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)