Frægðarför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - frægðarför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "frægðarför" (or frægðarfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

frægðarför (frægðarfǫr)
frægðarför, f. Reise hvoraf man har Ære,hvorved man bliver berømt. Sturl. I, 320.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚱᛅᚵᚦᛆᚱᚠᚯᚱ
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:

f.
Feminin.

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