Föðurleif

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föðurleif

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föðurleif" (or fǫðurleif) in Norwegian.

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

föðurleif (fǫðurleif)
föðurleif, f. Arv som tilfalder en efterhans Fader (jvf föðurarfr); setjast isína föðurleif Heilag. II, 691; var jarlí Noregi at föðurleif sínni Fm. X,38614 (Ágr. 2110).

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚦᚢᚱᛚᚽᛁᚠ
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.
gr.
græft.
m.
Masculin.

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