orrosta
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.
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Noun edit
orrosta f
- battle
- Haralds saga hins hárfagra 2.
- Eptir þessar orrostur ferr Haraldr konungr ok Guthormr hertogi ok alt lið þat, er þeir fá, ok venda til Upplanda ok fara mjǫk markleið
- After this battles king Harald, and duke Guthorm, and all the warriors they managed to get, went back to Oppland, using mostly the forest paths
- hin ákafasta orrosta
- a very tough battle
- Synonym: bardagi
Declension edit
Declension of orrosta (weak ōn-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | orrosta | orrostan | orrostur | orrosturnar |
| accusative | orrostu | orrostuna | orrostur | orrosturnar |
| dative | orrostu | orrostunni | orrostum | orrostunum |
| genitive | orrostu | orrostunnar | orrostna | orrostnanna |
References edit
- “orrosta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press