Fasti

Old Norse Dictionary - fasti

Meaning of Old Norse word "fasti" in English.

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

fasti
a, m., poët. fire, Lex. poët., root uncertain: the phrase, færa e-n í fasta, to bring one into a strait, ‘between two fires,’ Þd.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Þd.
Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)
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