Elska
Old Norse Dictionary - elskaMeaning of Old Norse word "elska" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
elska Old Norse word can mean:
- elska
- u, f. (ælska, Barl. 6, O. H. l.), [this word is peculiar to the Scandin. races; it is probably derived from él and an inflexive sk, and properly means storm, whence metaph. passion; the Swedes and Danes have not the single word, but älskog and elskov, qs. elsk-hogr; Icel. elskhugi or elskogi]:—love; með Guðs elsku ok náungs, Hom. 48; hafa elsku á e-m, to love one, Bs. i. 36; mikla elsku hafði jarl á konungs syni, Fms. ix. 242; vit höfum lengi saman haldit okkarri elsku, vii. 140; svá mikla ást sem þú hefir á hinum digra manni ok elsku við hann lagt, iv. 182.
- elska
- COMPDS: elskuband, elskubragð, elskufullr, elskugeð, elskugras, elskulauss, elskuleysi, elskumerki, elskusemi, elskuváttr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛚᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- qs.
- quasi.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)