Göfga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - göfga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "göfga" (or gǫfga) in Norwegian.

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

göfga (gǫfga): göfga, v. (að) 1) gjøre anseelig, ophøie,bringe til Ære og Værdighed (jvf dýrka1); honum þótti því betr, er fleiritignuðust ok göfguðust af honum Bp.I, 1414; þeir allir, er guð hefir meðríki ok með höfðingjanafni göfgat DN.I, 518; svá som tign föður dýrkarbörn, svá göfgast faðir af góðum börnumHomil. 1976. 2) ære, hædre, = dýrka2; skulum vér veita ástsamliga göfgunöllum saman postolum, því at þá eseinn þeirra göfgaðr, es allir eru, okþá allir, es einn es dýrkaðr Homil.197; allir göfga dróttinsdag af sökupprisu dróttins Heilag. II, 24836;þessir hlutir - eru ústyrkum mönnumgöfgandi en eigi eptirlíkjandi Heilag.I, 1821. 3) dyrke, tilbede (guð). Kgs.7027; Fsk. 1710. 15; Barl. 115; Fm. X,23227.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, göfga may be more accurately written as gǫfga.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᚠᚵᛆ
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:

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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