Festarfé

Old Norwegian Dictionary - festarfé

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "festarfé" in Norwegian.

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

festarfé
festarfé, n. 1) Gave som festarmaðr forat faa en Kvinde til Ægte giver densom bortfæster hende, = festingarfé (jvfmundr). Stj. 468 &vl 2) Gave som festarmaðr giver sin festarmær eller festarkona, = festargjöf, festarpeningr.Fm. X, 28419; Heilag. I, 45528. 46117.47136; Dn. I, 35617.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᛋᛏᛆᚱᚠᚽ
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:

gr.
græft.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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