Vos
Old Norse Dictionary - vos
Meaning of Old Norse word "vos"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vos
- n. a small suppurating pimple; perh. fem. is the better form; the word is freq. in mod. usage, and seems to occur in Harms. 44 (vos ok löstu, see Lex. Poët. s. v. vös).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- fem.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.