Förumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - förumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "förumaðr" (or fǫrumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

förumaðr (fǫrumaðr): förumaðr, m. omstreifende Person (jvfförukona, göngumaðr); vér erum eigisem aðrir förumenn, er hér rekastdagliga Grett. 13430; báðu þeir íllafyrir honum, þessum förumanni (nL.Grettir, som tók sér annan búning,hafði síðan hött niðr fyrir andlitit, okhafði staf í hendi, gékk síðan á veginnfyrir þá L. 2 fgg), er þá hafði svádárat Grett. 14711; frjálsmannligraværi nú at höggva sem stœrst, heldren berjast með stöfum sem förumennGrett. 7112; om saadanne ómagar, derforsørges paa Omgang i Bygden (se S.379 a19): förumanna flutningr (= fá-tœkra manna flutningr &vl) LandsL. 7,533 jvf 10.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚱᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

L.: Linje.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

S.: Side.

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