Komast

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

komast Old Icelandic word can mean:

komast

v. refl. to come to the end, get through, reach (hann komst við svá búit í ríki sitt);

komast

~ af, to escape, save one’s life (tveir drukknuðu kómust af);

komast

~ at e-u, to get at a thing, procure;

komast

eigi skaltu illa at ~, thou shalt not get it unfairly;

komast

~ á fœtr, to get on one’s legs;

komast

~ undan, to escape (alt þat lið, er undan komst);

komast

~ út, to get out;

komast

~ við, to be able (brenn allt ok bæl sem þú mátt við ~); to be touched (hann komst mjök við ok felldi tár);

komast

~ við veðri, to get abroad (hann lét þat ekki við veðri ~);

komast

~ yfir e-t, to overcome, get hold of (er hann komst yfir féit).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛘᛅᛋᛏ

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• Old Danish - Otto Kalkar's Dictionary