Frest

Old Norwegian Dictionary - frest

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "frest" in Norwegian.

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

frest: frest, n. Tid, Tidsrum inden hvilke nogetskal ske; á viku fresti Flat. II, 33114;jvf Fris. 1014 (Yngl. 16); varð skamtat fresti (dvs. det varede ikke længe), unzhann varð auðigr Heilag. II, 4225; og- saa i Plur.: frest dvs. Udsættelse: kvaðþá hefndina framkomna, þótt frestinværi löng Flat. I, 33637; ljá e-m frest,fresta til annars sumars, til umráðadvs. give en Tid til, Udsættelse med atgjøre noget, saa at han ikke behøver atgjøre det strax, Flat. II, 17937. 37930:biðja sér fresta Heilag. II, 4228; Heilag.II, 4228; draga á frest dvs. tage sig Tidinden man gjør noget, Sturl. II, 7624;selja á frest dvs. sælge paa Kredit, Vápnf.79; gaf sumt verðit á hönd ok sumtá frest dvs. betalte noget af Kjøbesummenstrax og fik Henstand med noget, Gísl.128; frest eru ílls (böls Cod. Am. 281 q)best Flat. II, 13217.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚱᚽᛋᛏ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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