Roskinn
Old Norse Dictionary - roskinnMeaning of Old Norse word "roskinn" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- roskinn
- adj., qs. vroskinn, prop. a participle, the only remains of a lost strong verb, [answering to Ulf. wrisqan = τελεσφορειν, Luke viii. 14; cp. Röskva and röskr]:—ripe, mature, full-grown, adult, only of persons, not of fruit; madr roskinn, Nj. 131, Eg. 4; verit þér bernskir at illsku en rosknir at viti, Hom. 50 (1 Cor. xiv. 10); sveinn sjau vetra gamall skal skira barn ef eigi er rosknari madr til, K. Þ. K. 12; þegar jarl var r., Orkn. 42; Þorgunna var þá roskin kona (ripe in years) er þetta æfintýr görðisk, Fb. i. 250: allit., roskinn ok ráðinn, ripe and wise; sveinninn var sprækr ok roskinn mjök í orðum, Fms. ix. 241; verða e-m roskinn í leik, Bs. ii. 94.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᛋᚴᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- qs.
- quasi.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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