Móask

Old Norse Dictionary - móask

Meaning of Old Norse word "móask" in English.

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

móask: að, dep. [early Germ. mewen; Ivar Aasen tygge mo = ruminate]:—to be digested, of food in the stomach of ruminating animals; sem vánligt var at grasit móaðisk með honum eptir náttúru, Bs. ii. 87.

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

Abbreviations used:

dep.: deponent.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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