Fauskr
Old Norse Dictionary - fauskrMeaning of Old Norse word "fauskr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
fauskr Old Norse word can mean:
- fauskr
- m. (fouski, a, m., Hom. 152), a rotten dry log, esp. dug out of the earth; fausk ok fúka, Barl. 206; f. ok stofna, Grág. ii. 297, Jb. 239, Bs. ii. 183, Barl. 134; fauska-gröptr, m. digging dry logs out of the earth for fuel, Landn. 303.
- fauskr
- II. metaph. of an old man, ertú náliga f. einn, Róm. 195; sem fúinn f., Karl. 361. Hom. l. c.; karl-fauskr, an old man.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚢᛋᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
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