Vaska
Old Norse Dictionary - vaska
Meaning of Old Norse word "vaska"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vaska can mean:vaska
- vaska
- að, [A. S. wascan; Engl. wash; Germ. waschen; Dan. vaske]:—to wash, but rare or at least hardly used in Icel., having been superseded by þvá, q. v.; in Dan. and Swed. it is freq.; in the Sagas only of washing the head with a kind of soap, see lauðr; vaska sér, to wash one’s head, Vígl. 30 (cp. the verse l. c.); vaska honum betr, Ísl. ii. 334, Bjarn. 68; þveginn ok vaskaðr, SkS. 362; vaskaði dasi, er ek dró þessa ár at borði, the laggard had his head washed, i. e. sat snug at home, whilst I pulled this oar, FS. (in a verse); in all these instances of the head: metaph., vaska e-n í orðum, to wash one in words, MS. 4, 6.
- vaska
- 2. to wash, as a naut. term of the waves; brim vaskar, Edda (in a verse), so too in Dan. det vasker over.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- naut.
- nautical.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)