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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