Kasta

Old Norse Dictionary - kasta

Meaning of Old Norse word "kasta" in English.

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

kasta Old Norse word can mean:

kasta
að, [a Scandin. word; Dan.-Swed. kaste, not found in Saxon and Germ., so that Engl. cast must be of Dan. origin]:—to cast, throw, with dat. of the thing (to throw with a thing), but also absol.; Egill kastaði þegar niðr horninu, E. flung the horn away, Eg. 215; smala-maðr kastar höfðinu niðr, Nj. 71; en er skjöldr Atla var únýttr, þá kastaði hann honum, Eg. 507; hann kastar aptr öllu ok vill ekki þiggja, Man.; kasta brynju, Hkv. 2. 42; kasta akkerum, to cast anchor, Eg. 128; k. farmi, to throw the cargo overboard, 656 C. 21, Sks. 231 B; kasta verplum, to cast with the dice, Grág. ii. 198; Suðrmenn tveir köstuðu um silfr (gambled); Magn. 528; hana kastaði, ok kómu upp tvau sex, Ó. H. 90: to throw, toss, ef griðungr kastar manni, Grág. ii. 122; k. e-m inn, to cast into prison, Fms. ix. 245.
kasta
II. with prepp.; kasta um hesti, to turn a horse at full gallop; ven þú hest þinn góðan um at kasta á hlaupanda skrefi, Sks. 374; Jóns-synir köstuðu um hestum sínum, Sturl. ii. 75: metaph., biskupi þótti hann hafa kastað sér um til mótstöðu-manna kirkjunnar, that he had turned round to the enemies of the church, Bs. i. 722; k. um hug sínum, to change one’s mind, Stj. 285: k. til e-s, to cast at one, pelt one, Grág. ii. 7: ef hvarrgi kastar fyrir annan, lay snares for another,l. 426.
kasta
III. to cast off; kasta trú, to cast off one’s faith, be a renegade, Nj. 166, 272; kasta Kristni, to apostatize, Fms. i. 108, vii. 151.
kasta
IV. phrases, kasta orðum á e-n, to address one, Ölk. 37; k. kallz-yrðum at e-m, to throw taunts at one, Fms. vi. 194, Fb. i. 214 (at-kast); kasta reiði á e-n, Fms. vii. 228; k. á sik sótt, to feign illness, Nj. 14: k. fram kviðlingi, vísu, stöku, to extemporise, cast abroad, a ditty, Fms. ii. 207; kasta sinni eign á e-t, to seize upon: k. niðr, to cast down, Eg. 730: k. e-u til, to insinuate, Fb. ii. 148; k. móti e-m, to cast in one’s teeth, Stj. 173: kasta upp, to forward, bring forth, Nj. 88.
kasta
V. impers., of being cast, thrown, flung, esp. by wind, waves, etc.; varð svá mikill eldsgangrinn, at logbröndunum kastaði upp í borgina, Fms. x. 29; er hann frétti at skipinu hafði kastað, capsized, Bs. i. 389; þær síur ok gneista, er kastað hafði ór Múspells-heimi, Edda 5; köldum draug kastar upp á búnka, Skald H. 4. 19; kastaði þú fram seglinu á akkeris-fleininn, Fms. ix. 387; menn dasask, skips-farmi kastar, Sks. 231; enda kasti hvölum eða viði yfir malar-kamb, Grág. ii. 354; þat fé er kastar á land, 388; þá kastar þegar vindi á eptir þeim, it blew up to a breeze, Bs. i. 461; nú kastar á vindi innan eptir firðinum, Fms. ii. 72; henni var kastað skinni at beini, the skin was as it were thrown over her bones, of leanness, Bárð. 176.
kasta
VI. reflex. or recipr., kastask í móti, to cast against one another,l. 426; kastask orðum á, to exchange words, Eg. 547, Þorst. St. 52.
kasta
2. pass. to be thrown, Fms. ix. 245, x. 49.

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

Abbreviations used:

absol.
absolute, absolutely.
Dan.
Danish.
dat.
dative.
Engl.
English.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
Scandin.
Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
esp.
especially.
etc.
et cetera.
impers.
impersonal.
pers.
person.
pr.
proper, properly.
recipr.
reciprocally.
reflex.
retlexive.
pass.
passive.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Ölk.
Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)
Bárð.
Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
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