Þroskask

Old Norse Dictionary - þroskask

Meaning of Old Norse word "þroskask" in English.

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

þroskask Old Norse word can mean:

þroskask: að, dep. [prob. derived from þró-ask, or may it not be akin to [v]röskr, p. 508, þ = v?], to grow up to full age, live to be a man; synir Haralds þegar þeir þroskuðusk, Fms. i. 196; hann þroskaðisk heima, Gullþ., Gísl. 79, passim in mod. usage.

þroskask: 2. part. þroskaðr, grown up, adult; margbreytinn þegar hann var nökkut þroskaðr, Fb. i. 302; hann görisk hniginn á enn efra aldr, en synir hans eru nú þroskaðir, Ld. 68; var hann vel þ. bæði at viti ok afli, Fs. 130; bráð-þ., 126.

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

Abbreviations used:

dep.: deponent.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

prob.: probably.

þ.: þáttr.

part.: participle.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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