Frjósa

Old Norse Dictionary - frjósa

Meaning of Old Norse word "frjósa" in English.

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

frjósa Old Norse word can mean:

frjósa
pret. fraus, pl. frusu; pres. frýss, mod. frýs; pret. subj. frysi, but freri, Gísl. 32; part. frosinn, sup. frosit; an older declension analogous to gróa, gröri, is, pret. fröri or freri, part. frörinn or frerinn, mod. freðinn, altering the r into ð, whereto frer (q. v.) belongs: [O. H. G. friosan; mod. Germ. frieren; A. S. freosan; Engl. freeze; Dan. fryse; Swed. frysa]:—to freeze; often used impers. it freezes them (of earth, water, etc.), i. e. they are frozen, ice-bound, stiff with ice; þar fraus þá (acc.) um naetr, A. A. 272; fraus um hann klæðin (acc.), the clothes froze about his body, FS. 52; aldrei skal hér frjósa korn (acc.), FmS. v. 23; hann (acc., viz. the well) frýss svá, at …, Stj. 96; þeir ætluðu at bíða þess at skip (acc.) Ólafs konungs freri þar í höfninni, until king Olave’s ship should be ice-bound, FmS. v. 167:—of the weather, absol., veðr var kalt ok frjósanda, cold and frosty, Grett. 134; vindr var á norðan ok frjósandi, Sturl. i. 83; aldrei festi snjó útan ok sunnan á hangi Þorgríms ok ekki fraus, … at hann mundi ekki vilja at freri á milli þeirra, Gísl. 32; but frysi, l. c., 116; áðr en frjósa tók, FmS. v. 167; þótt bæði frjósi fyrir ofan ok neðan, 23: the metaph. phrase, e-m frýs hugr við, one feels horror at a thing, iii. 187; perh. better hrjósa, q. v.
frjósa
II. part., frerin jörð, Grett. 111; frerin þekja, 85 new Ed.; tá frerin, Edda 59; vátir ok frernir, wet and frozen, Bjarn. 53; skipit sollit ok frörit, BS. i. 355; but frosit, l. c., 330; frörnar grasrætr, SkS. 48 new Ed.; skór frosnir ok snæugir, Gísl. 31; flestir menn vóru nokkut frosnir, FmS. ix. 353, where = kalnir.

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

Abbreviations used:

absol.
absolute, absolutely.
acc.
accusative.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
etc.
et cetera.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
impers.
impersonal.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
part.
participle.
perh.
perhaps.
pers.
person.
pl.
plural.
pres.
present.
pret.
preterite.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
subj.
subjunctive.
sup.
supine.
s. v.
sub voce.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide.
viz.
namely.

Works & Authors cited:

A. A.
Antiquitates Americanae. (E. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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