Fjós

Old Norse Dictionary - fjós

Meaning of Old Norse word "fjós" in English.

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

fjós Old Norse word can mean:

fjós: 1. n., contr. form = fé-hús = ‘cow-house,’ [Norse fjös; the contracted form is usual even in the earliest writers]:—a cow-house, byre, stall, Ld. 98, Gísl. 28 sqq., Dropl. 28, Njarð. 368, Sturl. ii. 43, iii. 54, Fms. ix. 508; vera í fjósi, or fara í fjós, to attend to the cows.

fjós: COMPDS: fjós-dyr, fjós-haugr, fjós-hlaða, fjós-hurð, fjós-reka, fjós-veggr, etc., the door, mound, barn, hurdle, spade, wall, etc. of a fjós. fjós-gata, u, f. the byre-path, Landn. 51. Fjósa-karlar, m. pl. the ‘byre-carles,’ the three stars in the sword of Orion. fjósa-kona, u, f. a byre-maid, Landn. (Hb.) 51: fjósa-konur, the ‘byre-maids,’ the three stars in the belt of Orion, because the dairy-work is in the winter months (Dec., Jan.) fixed by the rising of these stars. fjósa-verk, n. ‘byre work,’ attendance on the cows, Nj. 185, v. l.

fjós: 2. mod. þjós, f. the carcase of a whale, Grág. ii. 360, 372, Jb. 310 B (passim).

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

Abbreviations used:

contr.: contracted.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

m.: masculine.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Dropl.: Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Njarð.: Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Hb.: Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

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