Ræsta
Old Norse Dictionary - ræsta
Meaning of Old Norse word "ræsta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ræsta can mean:ræsta
- ræsta
- t, [rás], to clear, clean out; ræsta styfldan læk, to clear out the brook which had been ‘stifled’ or dammed up, Dropl. 34.
- ræsta
- 2. to clean, sweep; ræstu þeir síðan ok ruddu borgina, Bret. 100; konur skolu ræsta húsin ok tjalda, Nj. 175; lét konungr ræsta höllina, vóru þá í brott bornir hinir dauðu, Fas. i. 83, Fb. i. 212; hence comes undoubtedly the mod. ó-ræsti, an unclean, dirty person; as also ó-ristinn, of a person who goes to sleep without undressing, liggja ó-ristinn; þyrptusk menn at honum ok þóttusk eigi vita hvat úræst var, Fms. ii. 160.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)