Kös

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kös

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kös" (or kǫs) in Norwegian.

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

kös (kǫs): kös, f. (G. kasar) Dynge (jvf kasa);hvalr lá í kös, sá er skorinn var, okvar engum skipt Eb. 57 (1079); veðrvar á geysikalt, ok höfðust margir áfótum ok létu orna sér, sumir lögð-ust í kös undir valslönguna Fm. VIII,3065; þeir þrír fella marga riddaraok alla í eina kös Bær. 11323; tókuþeir ofan lík þeirra (nl. de hængtes)ok drógu í hellinn ok byrgðu munn-ann meðr grjóti, ok er sú kös þarenn til þessa dags Stj. 35932.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚯᛋ
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:

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

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