Gagnför
Old Norwegian Dictionary - gagnförMeaning of Old Norwegian word "gagnför" (or gagnfǫr) in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- gagnför (gagnfǫr)
- gagnför, f. Imødegaaen; guð sýndi, fyrirhverja sekt sveinn var slíkrar gagn-farar verðr (nl. at Djævle i BlaamændsSkikkelse kom ham imøde ved hans døde-lige Bortgang for at tage ham med sigtil Helvede) Heilag. I, 24136.
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, gagnför may be more accurately written as gagnfǫr.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛆᚵᚿᚠᚯᚱ
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.
- nl.
- nemlig.