Milska
Old Norse Dictionary - milska
Meaning of Old Norse word "milska"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word milska can mean:milska
- milska
- 1. að, to mix, a beverage; því var drykkr þeirra sárliga milskaðr í Jólaboðinu, Thom. 433.
- milska
- 2. u, f. [A. S. milisc = honeyed; Ulf. miliþ = honey; cp. Lat. mellitus]:—mead, a kind of honeyed beverage, Ht. R. 26; milsku drykkr, Gd. 71, ClaR. 134 (Fr.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛚᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- R.
- Rimur.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Clar.
- Clarus Saga. (G. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)