Ausa
Old Icelandic Dictionary - ausaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "ausa" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
ausa Old Icelandic word can mean:
- ausa
- I)
- ausa
- (eys, jós, jósum, ausinn), v.
- ausa
- 1) to sprinkle, pour, with dat.;
- ausa
- þær taka hvern dag vatn í brunninum ok ~ (viz. því) upp yfir askinn, pour it over the ash-tree;
- ausa
- ~ síld ór netjum, to empty the nets of the herrings;
- ausa
- fig., ~ sauri á e-n, to bespatter with abuse;
- ausa
- ~ e-m e-u í augu upp, to throw … in one’s face;
- ausa
- 2) ~ e-n (or e-t) e-u, to besprinkle with a thing;
- ausa
- ~ e-n moldu, to sprinkle with earth, to bury;
- ausa
- ~ barn vatni, a sort of baptism in the heathen age (Sigurðr jarl jós sveininn vatni ok kallaði Hákon);
- ausa
- 3) with acc., to bale;
- ausa
- ~ skip upp, to bale the ship out;
- ausa
- fig., ~ bát sinn, to make wetter;
- ausa
- 4) of a horse, to kick or lash out with the hind legs.
- ausa
- II)
- ausa
- f. ladle;
- ausa
- ekki er enn sopit, þó í ausuna sé komit, there’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and lip.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᛋᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-u
- einhverju.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- acc.
- accusative.
- f.
- feminine.
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