Freista

Old Norwegian Dictionary - freista

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "freista" in Norwegian.

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

freista: freista, v. (að) sætte en paa Prøve, friste,forsøge hvad en duer til, m. Gen. Vsp.22 (NFkv. 5 b13); Hm. 26; Fm. VII,19312; Flat. II, 39025; Stj. 145. 29518;SE. I, 15214. 2) forsøge paa noget, paaat gjøre noget, m. Gen. Eg. 84 (1973);freista sunds, íþróttar Fm. II, 2721;SE. I, 15213; m. Inf. SE. I, 15223;m. Konj. at, ef: skulu vér þá freista,at vér fáim drepit þá Flat. I, 4312;bað þá freista, ef E. konungr vildifara með honum Eg. 36 (729); ekkidugir úfreistat Nj. 5 (810); Fld. II,11511. 3) prøve, erfare, lide (noget ondt)m. Gen. Æf. 6745.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚱᚽᛁᛋᛏᛆ
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.

Inf.: Infinitv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

v.: Verbum.

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