Frétta

Old Norwegian Dictionary - frétta

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "frétta" in Norwegian.

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

frétta: frétta, v. (tt) 1) udforske, udspørge; fréttae-s dvs. spørge efter, om noget, Karlsefn.2 (Aa. 112); Flat. I, 929; frétta lofsat e-u dvs. spørge om Tilladelse til noget, Sturl. I, 33119; frétti hvat þá skyldi,hvert farnir væri Am. 73. 76; jvfKorm. 21612; frétta at e-u dvs. spørgeom, efter noget, Nj. 23 (3418); fréttae-n eptir e-u, um e-t Mag. 232; fréttieptir, hvar væri herbergi bróður Th.Heilag. II, 56118; fréttir hana eptir,hversu - dvs. spørger hende om, hvor-ledes -, Hænsn. 11 (16216); jvf Heilag.I, 7826. 64725; nökkurr bróðir fréttieptir einn aldraðan mann þessa kostar:hvat - Heilag. II, 56310; frétta e-tupp dvs. opspørge noget for at faa vide,hvor det er, SE. I, 1820; Mar. 1629. 2) faa Kundskab om noget. Am. 1; Eg.27 (545); OH. 11532; fréttist alls ekkitil hans dvs. man hørte ikke noget til,om ham, Hænsn. 13 (1688); sem hannfréttir af ferðum Órœkju Sturl. I,33830; fréttist (= spurðist OH. 10033)honum svá til, sem - dvs. han fik saadanUnderretning, som om -, Fm. IV, 2311.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚱᚽᛏᛏᛆ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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