Ysta

Old Norse Dictionary - ysta

Meaning of Old Norse word "ysta" in English.

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

ysta Old Norse word can mean:

ysta
t, [ostr], to curdle; ysta mjólk, to curdle milk, in making cheese or ‘skyr.’
ysta
2. impers., mjólkina ystir, the milk curdles, or,
ysta
3. reflex., þat ystisk sem mjólk, Pr. 472.

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

Abbreviations used:

impers.
impersonal.
pers.
person.
reflex.
retlexive.

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