Áss
Old Icelandic Dictionary - ássMeaning of Old Icelandic word "áss" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
áss Old Icelandic word can mean:
- áss
- I)
- áss
- (gen. áss and ásar; pl. æsir, acc. æsi and ásu), m. one of the old heathen gods in general, or esp. one of the older branch, in opp. to the younger ones (the Vanir).
- áss
- II)
- áss
- (gen. áss, pl. ásar), m.
- áss
- 1) a thick pole, main beam (in a house);
- áss
- 2) in a ship, yard of a sail (beitiáss);
- áss
- 3) rocky ridge.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛋᛋ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- esp.
- especially.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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