Óttask
Old Norse Dictionary - óttask
Meaning of Old Norse word "óttask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- óttask
- að, dep. to fear, 623. 36: with acc., óttask e-n, Gþl. 174; þótti mér nú sem hann mundi heldr ó. yðr, Nj. 260; hann óttaðisk at …, Fms. i. 93; óttuðusk þeir þá eigi at sér, Bret. 96, Fms. x. 220; svá heilir! drepum Ólaf digra, hann óttask nú ekki at sér, Ó. H. 70, Eg. 283; óttask um sik, id., 168.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛏᛏᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dep.
- deponent.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)