Hösvast

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hösvast

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hösvast" (or hǫsvast) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

hösvast (hǫsvast)
hösvast, v. r. blive graa, men forekommerkun i Betydningen af at blive, vise siguvenlig (jvf grána, ylfask Fris. 5124);Agði jarl hausvaðist at honum dvs. op-traadte uvenlig, med Vrede mod ham, Fm. III, 1893.

Part of speech: v r

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, hösvast may be more accurately written as hǫsvast.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᛋᚠᛆᛋᛏ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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