Andstefja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - andstefja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "andstefja" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

andstefja
andstefja, v. svare, falde ind med sit Svar (responsorium), naar en anden har sagteller sunget noget, = andstefna, and-svara (jvf stefja 2); sá siðr er þar til,at einn segir salm en aðrir heyra eðaandstefja Heilag. II, 4731. Jvf. and-stefna. Et tilsvarende Subst. andstefgjenkjendes i det anstö, som med Betyd-ningen af Omkvæd endnu forekommer iFolkesproget efter Urskogs Beskrivelse af a. Heyerdahl (Kristiania 1882) S.1597.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚿᚦᛋᛏᚽᚠᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

a.
accusativ.
f.
Feminin.
S.
Side.
Subst.
Substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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