Eldask
Old Norse Dictionary - eldaskMeaning of Old Norse word "eldask" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
eldask Old Norse word can mean:
- eldask
- d, [aldr], to grow old; eldisk árgalinn nú, FmS. vi. 251; er þá tók mjök at eldask, viii. 108; hann tekr nú at eldask (MS. öldask) mjök, xi. 51; ek finn at ek eldumk, en þverr kraptrinn, Orkn. 464; þeir hrymask eigi né eldask, Rb. 346.
- eldask
- β. part. eldr, old, worn by age; Gísli kvaðsk eldr vera mjök frá úfriði, Sturl. iii. 10: equivocal is the phrase, eldir at ráðum ok at þrotum komnir (in the dream of king Sverrir), FmS. viii. 108, cp. Orkn. ch. 34.
- eldask
- γ. imperS. in the phrase, nótt (acc.) eldir, the night grows old (cp. elding); þá er nótt eldir, FaS. i. 147.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛚᛏᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- part.
- participle.
- acc.
- accusative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)