Roskinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - roskinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "roskinn" in Norwegian.

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

roskinn: roskinn, adj. kommen til fuldkommen Mo-denhed, udviklet til Fuldkommenhed (jvfgot. vrisqvan Luc. 8, 14; se S. Grundtvig i Hist. Tidsskr. 4de Række I, 7027); svávar hón roskin, at æ sýndist svá bezt,sem hón lét vera Æf. 8565; var þessinú í föruneyti ok eigi roskinn (=Textens frumvaxta ok eigi allvaxinn)Didr. 249 &vl 18; Kv. var þá mjök áefra aldri, er synir hans váru rosknirEg. 1 (225); var Þorgunn þá roskin kona,er þetta æfintyr gerðist Flat. I, 25016;þegar Þ. jarl var roskinn, þá gerði hannboð til Einars bróður síns ok beiddistaf honum ríkis þess, er hann þóttisteiga í Orkneyjum Flat. I, 55935; hann sáÞorgerði Hauldabrúði sitja (nl. í goða-húsi), ok var hón svá mikil sem maðrroskinn Nj. 89 (13119); verit þér bernskirat íllsku en rosknir at viti (Vulg. malitiaparvuli estote, sensibus autem perfecti)Hom. 843 (1 Cor. 14, 20); sveinninn varsprækr (&vl mjök spakr), þó at lítillværi vöxtrinn, ok roskinn mjök í orð-um (jvf Heilag. II, 13238 under roskin-mannliga) Fm. IX, 24112; sveinn sjauvetra gamall skal skíra barn, ef eigier rosknari maðr til Grág. 513.

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚮᛋᚴᛁᚿᚿ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

got.: gotisk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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