Þroskask
Old Norse Dictionary - þroskask
Meaning of Old Norse word "þroskask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þroskask can mean:þroskask
- þroskask
- að, dep. [prob. derived from þró-ask, or may it not be akin to [v]röskr, p. 508, þ = v?], to grow up to full age, live to be a man; synir Haralds þegar þeir þroskuðusk, Fms. i. 196; hann þroskaðisk heima, Gullþ., Gísl. 79, passim in mod. usage.
- þroskask
- 2. part. þroskaðr, grown up, adult; margbreytinn þegar hann var nökkut þroskaðr, Fb. i. 302; hann görisk hniginn á enn efra aldr, en synir hans eru nú þroskaðir, Ld. 68; var hann vel þ. bæði at viti ok afli, Fs. 130; bráð-þ., 126.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᛋᚴᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dep.
- deponent.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- prob.
- probably.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)