For-ysta

Old Norse Dictionary - for-ysta

Meaning of Old Norse word "for-ysta" in English.

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

for-ysta Old Norse word can mean:

for-ysta: u, f. (forosta, Fms. ii. 88, Fs. 8, Grág. i. 503, Ísl. ii. 87, 330), mod. forusta [qs. forvista, vi = y]:—headship, leadership, and even used personally a captain, 623. 56, Fms. ii. 88, v. 273, vii. 326, Hkr. ii. 202, v. l., Sturl. i. 759, Mork. 137, 140 (cp. Fms. vii. 25, Hkr. iii. 206), Glúm. 340.

for-ysta: COMPDS: forustugeldingr, forystulauss, forustusauðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

qs.: quasi.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Mork.: Morkinskinna. (E. I.)

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

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