Fága

Old Norse Dictionary - fága

Meaning of Old Norse word "fága" in English.

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

fága Old Norse word can mean:

fága: að, to polish, clean; f. saltkatla, Fas. ii. 499, Eg. 520 (vide eik); f. hest, to curry a horse, Sks. 374; öll fáguð (painted) með brögðum, Fms. v. 345.

fága: 2. metaph. to cultivate; fága jörðina, to till the earth, 549 B; f. akr, Mar. 188: of arts, science, sem hann fágaði þá iðn lengr, Lv. 115.

fága: β. to worship; f. heiðin guð, Stj. 576; f. heiðin sið, Lex. Poët.; f. helga menn, H. E. i. 243.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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