Þermlask

Old Norse Dictionary - þermlask

Meaning of Old Norse word "þermlask"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

þermlask
að, [qs. þerflask, from þarfr, with m = f], to lack, miss, want; with gen., þá er maðr þermlask síns gripar, Grág. ii. 190; hluti þá er þat bú má þermlaz, 43 (þarnask, v. l.); láta e-n þ. handa ok fóta, Sighvat: with dat., allt mál þat er þermlask alþýðligu orðtaki, a phrase not in popular use, i. e. an obsolete phrase, Skálda 199: vvith acc., at engi hlutr þermliz þær báðar, Greg. 6.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚱᛘᛚᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
dat.
dative.
gen.
genitive.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
qs.
quasi.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
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