Flaska

Old Norse Dictionary - flaska

Meaning of Old Norse word "flaska" in English.

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

flaska Old Norse word can mean:

flaska: 1. að, to split, in the popular phrase, flaska á skeri, to split on a skerry or rock, of a ship, cp. Grett. 148 (in a verse).

flaska: 2. u, f. [a word prob. of Byzantine origin, from Gr. φλάσκη, φλάσκιον; Dan. and Swed. flaska or flaske; Germ. flasche; Engl. flask; Ital. fiasco; Span. flasco; Fr. flacon; cp. Du Cange s. v. flasco and flasca]:—a flask; but it must be old, as flösku-skegg, n. bottle-beard, occurs in Landn. as a nickname of an uncle of the old Njal.; flösku-bakr, m. bottle-back, which occurs as a nickname in Grett., cp. Landn.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Fr.: French in etymologies.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Gr.: Greek.

Ital.: Italian.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

prob.: probably.

Span.: Spanish.

s. v.: sub voce.

Swed.: Swedish.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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