orrosta

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown.

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Noun

orrosta f

  1. 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

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

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “orrosta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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