Ósk
Old Norse Dictionary - ósk
Meaning of Old Norse word "ósk"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ósk can mean:ósk
- ósk
- f. dat. ósk, but ósku when it is a pr. name, [A. S. wiscan; Engl. wish; O. H. G. wunsc; Germ. wunsch; Dan. önske]:—a wish; þessi ósk veitisk þér, Fb. i. 31, passim: freq. in plur., ok er gott góðu at una er yðr gengr allt at óskum, FaS. i. 189; þú ert virðinga-maðr mikill ok gengit lengi at óskum líf þitt, Glúm. 337; ok þótti Helga þetta má hafa at óskum gengit, Dropl. 14:—óska-vel, all as one wishes, Fb. i. 34.
- ósk
- COMPDS: óskabarn, óskabjörn, óskabyrr, óskasonr, óskasteinn, óskastund.
- ósk
- II. a pr. name of a woman, dat. Ósku, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)