Svengjask
Old Norse Dictionary - svengjask
Meaning of Old Norse word "svengjask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word svengjask can mean:svengjask
- svengjask
- d, [svangr], to grow thin in the belly or waist, Pr. 470, Sks. 167.
- svengjask
- 2. in mod. usage, impers., mig svengir, to get hungry.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚾᚴᛁᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- impers.
- impersonal.
- mod.
- modern.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)