Ösku-dagr
Old Norse Dictionary - ösku-dagr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ösku-dagr" (or ǫsku-dagr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ösku-dagr (ǫsku-dagr)
- m. Ash-Wednesday, Fms. viii: also ösku-óðinsdagr, Stj. 40.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ösku-dagr may be more accurately written as ǫsku-dagr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛋᚴᚢ-ᛏᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)