Röskvast

Old Norwegian Dictionary - röskvast

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "röskvast" (or rǫskvast) in Norwegian.

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

röskvast (rǫskvast)
röskvast, v. r. (að) komme til fuld Moden- hed a) om Frugt: sýndist mér vísirinnvaxa smám þeim berandi sín blomstrok allan ávöxt þar til, en sjalf vínberinröskuðust (= Vulg. post flores uvasmaturescere) Stj. 20024 (1 Mos. 40, 10);b) om Menneske: er hann röskvaðist,fékk Rolfr konungr honum skip Fld.III, 1888. Jvf. roskinn, roskna.

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, röskvast may be more accurately written as rǫskvast.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚯᛋᚴᚠᛆᛋᛏ
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:

a.
accusativ.
f.
Feminin.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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