Vasi
Old Norse Dictionary - vasiMeaning of Old Norse word "vasi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vasi
- a, m. [from Swed. vase = a sheaf?], only remaining in the compd vasi-kanpr, m. a ‘sheaf-beard.’ i. e. a rustic, farmer (cp. breiðskeggr); hversu sem vasikanpinum þótti, however the rustics might like it, Fms. viii. 59, v. l.; ér húsbændr, vasikanparnir! 234, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)