Föruneyti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föruneyti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föruneyti" (or fǫruneyti) in Norwegian.

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

föruneyti (fǫruneyti): föruneyti, n. 1) Følgeskab, Følge; baðhann þá þann skiljast við hans föru-neyti, er þat þótti betra Nj. 159(28019 fgg); Petrus níkvæddi þrysvarsinnum hans föruneyti dvs. nægtede 3Gange, at han var i Følge med ham, Kgs. 1244. 2) Samling, Skare af dem,som ere ens (e-s) förunautar; gékk G.frá dómum með öllu sínu föruneytiNj. 24 (379); at hann skyldi deyðaÞangbrand ok föruneyti hans Nj. 102 (15814); bauð honum þar at vera meðsínu föruneyti EG. 7 (1113); konungarskyldu senda móti henni vegligt föru-neyti Fm. X, 1021; fjórir eru föruneytiSE. I, 53215.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚱᚢᚿᚽᛦᛏᛁ
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:

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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