Köstr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - köstr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "köstr" (or kǫstr) in Norwegian.

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

köstr (kǫstr)
köstr, m. (G. kastar, N. Pl. kestir, A.Pl. köstu) Dynge af sammenkastedeTing; hjöggu allar ær - ok báru sam-an í einn köst Sturl. I, 533; ef maðrvill sér nýta lim þat, þá skal hannbera þat saman í kösto GrG. II, 1111jvf 1117; Björn hafði vunnit í konungsalmenningsskógi, sem Kolvazskóg erkallaðr, í 9 köstu ok 30 - -; skógar-spjallit var metit 15 peningum fornomfirir hvern köst DN. IV, 1578. 11; V.gengr at viðarkesti, er var í túninu;- V. - rennr upp á túnit undir köst-inn Æf. 90143. 154; þar féll þá hverr umþveran annan, svá at þar var köstr(dvs. valköstr Fm. IX, 318) mikill Fm.IX, 2259.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚯᛋᛏᚱ
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.
Pl.
Pluralis.
s.
substantiv.

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