Mosi
Old Norse Dictionary - mosi
Meaning of Old Norse word "mosi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mosi can mean:mosi
- mosi
- a, m. [mid. H. G. mies; Germ. moos; Dan. mos; Lat. muscus]:—moss, botan. lichen, Korm. 234 (in a verse); hrífa mosa, to pick moss, Bs. i. 329; reyta mosa, Nj. 267; mosa-hrúga, a heap of moss, Fms. iii. 527.
- mosi
- II. a moorland, moss, [= Dan. mose; North. E. and Scot. moss]; þeir fóru stundum mosa, mýrar ok merkr eðr brota stóra, Fms. viii. 31. mosa-vaxinn, part. moss-grown, Bs. i. 329, Fas. i. 298: in local names, Mos-fell, whence Mosfellingar, m. pl. the men from Moss-fell. mos-háls, m. a nickname, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- botan.
- botanically.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- n.
- neuter.
- l.
- line.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)