Forstreymis

Old Norwegian Dictionary - forstreymis

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "forstreymis" in Norwegian.

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

forstreymis: forstreymis, adv. nedad med Strømmen, til den Side, hvorhen den gaar (mods.andstreymis; jvf forbrekkis, forviðris);þeir G. reru upp eptir ánni ok létu hefjaskipin ofan forstreymis (dvs. lode Ski-bene drive nedad med Strømmen) atþeim Þ. Fm. VII, 25326; á sína hlið(biskupi) reið hvárr, Jón j. ok Böðvaror Bœ (over Hvítá), reið Jón við straum-inum (paa den øvre opad mod Strømmenvendende Side) en Böðvarr forstreymisSturl. II, 14212; vað hjá mér forstreymisdvs. paa den nedre Side, Bp. II, 17524;jvf SE. I, 28612.

Part of speech: adv

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᛋᛏᚱᚽᛦᛘᛁᛋ
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:

adv.: Adverbium.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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