Upp-risa
Old Norse Dictionary - upp-risa
Meaning of Old Norse word "upp-risa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- upp-risa
- u, f. a rising up, resurrection, Sks. 579, Fms. viii. 444; líkams u., Greg. 57; andar u., id.; upprisu-dagr, the day of resurrection, Rb. 80, 392, Hom. 52; upprisu tíð, tími, 52, Sks. 43: esp. the Resurrection, passim in mod. eccl. usage, n. T., Pass., Vídal.; upprisu-sálmar, hymns on the Resurrection.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛒᛒ-ᚱᛁᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.