Ösla

Old Norse Dictionary - ösla

Meaning of Old Norse word "ösla" (or ǫsla) in English.

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

ösla (ǫsla)
að, [akin to vaða-óð, qs. vaðsla or from usli = fire (?)], to wade, splash in water; hón öslar aptr til meginlands, Fas. ii. 182: very freq. in mod. usage, e. g. of children dabbling in water: in poets also of ships, skeiðir úðr undan bar ösluðu súða ljónin, Sig. Breiðf.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ösla may be more accurately written as ǫsla.

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

Abbreviations used:

e. g.
exempli gratia.
f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
mod.
modern.
qs.
quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Sig. Breiðf.
Sigurðr Breiðfjörð.
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