Upp-stigning
Old Norse Dictionary - upp-stigning
Meaning of Old Norse word "upp-stigning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word upp-stigning can mean:upp-stigning
- upp-stigning
- f. a rising, of the moon, Sks. 54, 55.
- upp-stigning
- 2. esp. in an eccl. sense, the Ascension, Greg. 16, 17, Rb. 392, N. T., Pass., Vídal., passim. uppstigningar-dagr, m. Ascension-day, K. Þ. K., Ó. H. 73, Fms. vii. 187, Vm. 76, Icel. Almanack.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛒᛒ-ᛋᛏᛁᚴᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)