Roskna
Old Norse Dictionary - roskna
Meaning of Old Norse word "roskna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- roskna
- að, prop. to ripen, to grow up, only of persons; ok er hann var mjök rosknaðr, full grown, Ísl. ii. 208: reflex., en er Þorfinnr jarl rosknaðisk, Ó. H. 93; ef s;á randviðr rosknask næði, Stor. (MS. rosku-ast); ok er hann rosknaðisk (röskvaðist Ed.) fékk Hrólfr konungr honum skip, FaS. iii. 188.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᛋᚴᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Stor.
- Sona-torrek. (A. III.)