Past
Old Norse Dictionary - past
Meaning of Old Norse word "past"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word past can mean:past
- past
- n. [Lat. pastus; Fr. pâte?], a feast; in the phrase, liggja á pasti, of a wild beast, to be sucking the blood out of the prey; the Landn. 235 has liggja á fasti, see fastr: gleðinnar past, Lil. 90; hyggju past, Krosskv.
- past
- II. pastr, n. animal vigour; það er ekkert pastr í honum, there is no pith in him. pastrs-lauss, adj. pithless, feeble, e. g. of children suffering from atrophy.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- adj.
- adjective.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lil.
- Lilja. (A. III.)