Frumvaxta

Old Norwegian Dictionary - frumvaxta

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "frumvaxta" in Norwegian.

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

frumvaxta
frumvaxta, adj. netop bleven voxen, kom-men udover den barnlige Alder; þennahafði hinn helgi Antonius lærðan nærfrumvaxta ok kennt heilaga munka-háttu Heilag. II, 53513. 28, hvor nærfrumvaxta gjengiver lat. adolescens;hón átti sér son frumvaxta (privig-num adultum Salust. Catil. c. 15) Pr.16114 (jvf 32212); hverr kom til hanslíkamliga freistni þolandi af breysk-ligum hita frumvaxta aldrs, er eigihneygði sik frá þvílíkum lutum fyri hansáminning ok til ástar ens hreinastalífs (= lat. quis adolescentiæ ætatisaccensus ardoribus non ex eius admo-nitu pudicitiæ amator fuit?) Heilag.I, 11514; var þessi frumvaxta ok eigialvaxinn Didr. 24930; sá búandi, erþar bjó, er nefndr Þorgeirr flekkr,hann átti 2 sono vel frumvaxta OH.2033 (Flat. II, 3311), jvf hann áttisunu 2, var annarr sextán vetra enannarr 17 vetra OHm. 8323; gerði(upers.) at þeim hríð svá mikla, athríðin drap til dauðs son hans frum-vaxta Fm. VI, 3112; þeir vóru ungirat aldri ok frumvaxta Fm. V, 19119;jvf Bp. I, 28821, Sturl. I, 31.

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚱᚢᛘᚠᛆᛋᛏᛆ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
c.
Capitel.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
p.
Pagina, side.
s.
substantiv.

Also available in related dictionaries:

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages related to Old Norwegian.

Back