Óska-steinn

Old Norse Dictionary - óska-steinn

Meaning of Old Norse word "óska-steinn"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

óska-steinn
m. a ‘wish-stone,’ is the globe-formed ovarium of the oniscus; for another record see Maurer’s Volks. 182; it is also called Pétrs-vaðsteinn, q. v.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛋᚴᛅ-ᛋᛏᛁᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

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