Vos

Old Norse Dictionary - vos

Meaning of Old Norse word "vos" in English.

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

vos
n. a small suppurating pimple; perh. fem. is the better form; the word is freq. in mod. usage, and seems to occur in Harms. 44 (vos ok löstu, see Lex. Poët. s. v. vös).

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

Abbreviations used:

fem.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
perh.
perhaps.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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