Mælast

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

mælast Old Icelandic word can mean:

mælast

v. refl.

mælast

~ fyrir, to speak (hví þú, Gangráðr, mælist af gólfi fyrir?);

mælast

to pray, say one’s prayers (leggst hann niðr ok mælist nú fyrir, sem honum þótti vænligast);

mælast

mælist e-t vel (illa) fyrir, it is well (ill) spoken of (víg Gunnars spurðist ok mæltist illa fyrir um allar sveitir);

mælast

~ um, to speak of;

mælast

~ undan, to excuse oneself, decline (hann mæltist undan);

mælast

~ við, to speak to one another (ekki mæltust þeir fleira þann dag við);

mælast

~ einn (saman) við, to talk to oneself;

mælast

to have the word alone;

mælast

impers., e-m mælist vel, one speaks well, makes a good speech (sögðu menn, at honum mæltist vel);

mælast

~ sér konu, to court (woo) a lady (ef þú vilt þér ~ man).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᛚᛅᛋᛏ