Forsögn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - forsögn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "forsögn" (or forsǫgn) in Norwegian.

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

forsögn (forsǫgn): forsögn, f. 1) Forudsigelse af tilkommendeBegivenhed. Stj. 819; forsögn óvorð-inna hluta Bp. II, 631 fg; fylldist okábota míns forsögn með sannindumHeilag. I, 44020; forsagnar framkvæmdPost. 4678. 2) Udsagn, Fortælling, mundt-lig Meddelelse, som lægges til Grund foren Forfatters Arbeide; skipaði (kon-ungr) honum þann vanda at setjasaman sögu Hákonar konungs föðursíns eptir sjalfs hans ráði ok hinnavitrustu manna forsögn Sturl. II, 2724;þessa sögu höfum vér heyrt ok ritateptir forsögn þeirrar bœkr, at Oddrmunkr hinn fróði hafði gera látit atforsögn fróðra manna þeirra, er hannsegir sjalfr í bréfi sínu því, er hannsendi Jóni Loptssyni ok Gizuri Halls-syni AR. II, 169. 3) Anordning omhvad der skal gjøres, hvorledes nogetskal gjøres. Stj. 220; Fm. XI, 4334;Sturl. I, 23530; hafði s. jarl forsögnhér fyrir Fld. III, 5529. 4) Handlingenat segja e-m fyrir jörðu (Gul. 265),udsige ham fra Jord, som han har i sinBesiddelse, give ham Varsel om, at hanskal fravige den. Gul. 2669; Mk. 1131.- Se fyrirsögn.

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, forsögn may be more accurately written as forsǫgn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᛋᚯᚵᚿ
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.

gn.: gammelnorsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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