Fengr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fengr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fengr" in Norwegian.

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

fengr: fengr, m. (G. fengjar) 1) hvad man søger at faa fat paa eller komme i Besiddelseaf (jvf fang 6); ek mun ríða inn meðhlíðinni, vita ef nökkut verði til fengjardvs. om jeg kan komme over noget (dvs.nogen af dem, som jeg vil overfalde), Vígagl. 1635; om Udbytte af Fiskeri o.desl.: halda til fengjar Vígagl. 279;om herfang (jvf fengi): var opt íhernaði - en allmisjafnt varð tilfengjar Flat. I, 5591; hafa til jafnaðarþat, er til fengjar verðr OH. 13333;jvf Fm. IV, 30213; om hvad Betlerenfaar: varð gótt til fengjar Flat. II,12826; om Rovdyrs Bytte: vargr einnkom - ok tók grísinn ok hljóp aptrí skóg með feng sínum HeilaG. I, 25928. 2) Fordel, Nytte, ætlandi sér í öngumhlutum feng útan flótta Post. 7732;dróttning bað þá ei eptir renna: munoss engi fengr í því at láta svá fleirimenn MaG.* 4528. 3) Værdi (jvf feng-lítill); þessa sverðs ann ek engommanni at njóta, nema yðr, herra! efnökkurr fengr er í Didr. 8012. 4) For-raad af noget. Hænsn. 5 (13811).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᚿᚵᚱ
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:

desl.: deslige.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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