Digrask

Old Norse Dictionary - digrask

Meaning of Old Norse word "digrask" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

digrask: að, to grow big, of a pregnant woman, Fms. xi. 53; d. í gerðum, id., Bárð. 173, Fb. i. 157: metaph. to make oneself big, d. ok dramba, Th. 11.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚴᚱᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

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