Forvitna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - forvitna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "forvitna" in Norwegian.

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

forvitna: forvitna, v. (að) upers. mik forvitnar dvs.jeg er begjærlig efter at vide noget (e-t,um e-t) Flat. II, 42521; Kgs. 429; og-saa: jeg har Lyst til, er begjærlig efter,m. Inf. f. Ex. mik forvitnar at finnahann, at vita Barl. 10431; Flat. I,13411; forvitnast v. r. søge at faa Kund-skab om noget, m. Præp. um Kgs. 232;forvitnast til annarra manna Flat. I,1342; forvitnaðist hann undir tjalditdvs. stak Hovedet ind under Forhænget,Bárð. 1429: med afhængig Spørgesæt-ning: Flat. II, 603; Fm. VIII, 152;Mar. 6213. - forvitna, v. a. pers. d. s.m. Præp. um Kgs. 27; m. Akk. engahluti skalt þú forvitna við konung þínn,er þú sér, at hann vil, at leyniligirsé Kgs. 8125; jvf Barl. 527. 741.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᚠᛁᛏᚿᛆ
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:

a.: accusativ.

f.: Feminin.

Inf.: Infinitv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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