Forvaði

Old Norwegian Dictionary - forvaði

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "forvaði" in Norwegian.

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

forvaði: forvaði, m. Vadested foran et i Vandetfremspringende høit Land? sjórinn varat fallin (fyrir hamarinn) svá, athestrinn var nær á sundi undir honum,ok er hann kom fyrir forvaðann, hleyprhann af baki Flat. II, 10521 (jvf Kaa-lund I, 506); jvf Kvitlar áttungs bœndreigu at gera flekann allan fyrir ofanFifelhellu ok at halda upp forvöðunumþar í hjá ok öllum öðrum vegarbótumþar um áttong sínn DN. VI, 16726(fra Voss).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᚠᛆᚦᛁ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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