Fága

Old Icelandic Dictionary - fága

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "fága" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

fága Old Icelandic word can mean:

fága
(að), v.
fága
1) to adorn, embellish (gjörð fáguð með brögðum);
fága
2) to polish, clean = fægja (hún ~r ok þvær fœtr þeirra allra);
fága
3) to take care (charge) of, to tend (~ farsælulausa, sjúka);
fága
4) to cultivate (~ rangan átrúnáð);
fága
~ jörðina, to till the earth;
fága
5) to worship (~ heiðin goð).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚴᛅ

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