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1 eski
n. ashen box (eski Friggjar).* * *n. [askr], an ashen box, Edda 17, 21, Fms. ii. 254, Fas. i. 237, Ísl. ii. 79; mod. spelt askja, and used of any small box. -
2 ASKR
(-s, -ar), m.1) ash, ash-tree;2) ash-spear;3) small ship (þeir sigla burt á einum aski);4) wooden vessel or dish (stórir askar fullir af skyri);5) a Norse measure for liquids equal to four bowls (bollar), or sixteen ‘justur’.* * *s, m. [A. S. äsc, whence many Engl. local names; Germ. esche]1. an ash, fraxinus, Edda (Gl.); a. ygdrasils, Edda 10, 11, Pr. 431.2. anything made of ash:α. a spear, prop. ashen spear shaft (cp. δόρυ μείλινον, εϋμμελίης), Þiðr. 304, Edda (Gl.)β. a small ship, a bark (built of ash, cp. δόρυ, abies); en þeir sigla burt á einum aski, Fas. ii. 206, i. 421: it appears only two or three times in Icel. prose writers; hence may be explained the name of ascmanni, viking, pirate, in Adam Brem. ch. 212 [A. S. äscmen], cp. askmaðr.γ. a small vessel of wood (freq. in Icel., and used instead of deep plates, often with a cover (asklok) in carved work); stórir askar fullir af skyri, Eg. 549, 550; cp. kyrnu-askr, skyr-askr.δ. a Norse measure for liquids, equal to four bowls, or sixteen justur, Gþl. 525, N. G. L. i. 328, H. E. i. 396, Fms. vii. 203.COMPDS: askasmiðr, askaspillir. -
3 eski-stöng
f. an ashen pole, Róm. 232.
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