Erfivörðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - erfivörðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "erfivörðr" (or erfivǫrðr) in Norwegian.

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

erfivörðr (erfivǫrðr): erfivörðr, m. poet. Arving, = erfingi 2(ags. yrfeveard, gsax. erbiward). Ghe.12; Ghv. 14 (jvf Völs. 1722 c. 35).

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, erfivörðr may be more accurately written as erfivǫrðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᚱᚠᛁᚠᚯᚱᚦᚱ
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.

m.: Masculin.

poet.: poetisk.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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