Atvinna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - atvinna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "atvinna" in Norwegian.

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

atvinna: atvinna,f. 1) Hjælp, Understøttelse, hvadder gjøres til bedste for en Sag ellerPerson; er ríki hans halda uppi meðverknaði eða annarri atvinnu Kgs. 12921;biskup veitti honum atvinnu fyrir um-sátir ok marga huggan fyrir marg-föld svik Heilag. I, 3229. 2) hvad dertjener, udkræves til ens Underholdningeller Livs Ophold. Kgs. 12. 32; Frost.9, 20. 22; Hák. 76; Fm. VI, 368;DN. II, 16; því kallaðist Jesus Kristuslifanda brauð, er niðr sté af himni, athann es öll atvinna öllum &c. Brauðes vaxinna manna matr en eigi barna,ok þó at hváro barna atvinna, því atþá es móðirin etr gnógt brauð, er þatbæði hennar fœzla ok et sama hverfrþat niðr í brjóst hennar, enda es þámjolk ok fœzla barnsins Homil. 30;þótt maðr hafi slíkt er til klæða skyldraþarf eða annarrar atvinnu Leif. 1628.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᛏᚠᛁᚿᚿᛆ
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:

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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