Aufúsa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - aufúsa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "aufúsa" in Norwegian.

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

aufúsa: aufúsa, f. eller áfúsa, öfúsa (maaske for affúsamed forstærkende af dvs. særdeles stærkBeredvillighed eller Tilbøjelighed; eller foráfúsa; jvf varfúsa), 1) Lyst til, Begjær-lighed efter; á því er mér mikil öfúsa (=gjarna vilda ek Fm. VI, 20) at Magnusfóstri mínn fengi sóma Flat. III, 2622;ef yðr er þar nökkur áfúsa á dvs. om Ihar nogen Lyst dertil, Begjærlighed der-efter, Fm. IX, 495 &vl jvf Frs. 12312;hvat skylda ek til yðar koma, firir þvíat þér kunnut mín litla avussu (dvs. lidenBegjærlighed efter mig, jvf aufúsugestr)hvert sinn er ek kom Didr. 12726. 2) Tak, Taknemmelighed for hvad derer efter ens Behag; gefa e-m aufusuFm. VIII, 250 &vl; kunna e-m öfúsufyrir e-t Kgs. 16936; kunni honum míklaáfusu at hann vil Str. 6411; leggja atmóti þökk ok avfusu OH. 15527; vilek kunna yðr þökk ok aufusu fyrir þatOH. 5620; hér mun guði afúsa á veraok gagn megi af standa NL. I, 44619;þó at hann - þá kann hann þó þessofussu, at þú hatar nú þat er honummislíkaði Heilag. I, 4716; þakkaði honhonum góðvilja hans með mikilli avusuStr. 2739.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚢᚠᚢᛋᛆ
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:

f.: Feminin.

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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