Mási

Old Norse Dictionary - mási

Meaning of Old Norse word "mási" in English.

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

mási
a, m. a nickname, Fms. vii. 239, see preceding word; prop. the name ot a bird; in Faroe maasi is a sea-mew; val-maasi, Uislands-maasi (= an Icelandic mew), fiski-maasi, see Mr. H.C. Müller’s Færoernes Fugle-fauna (1863).

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
prop.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Also available in related dictionaries:

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

Back
↑