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.