Mási
Old Norse Dictionary - mási
Meaning of Old Norse word "mási"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mási
- a, m. a nickname, Fms. vii. 239, see preceding word; prop. the name ot a bird; in Faroe maasi is a sea-mew; val-maasi, Uislands-maasi (= an Icelandic mew), fiski-maasi, see Mr. H.C. Müller’s Færoernes Fugle-fauna (1863).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)