Hefill

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hefill

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hefill" in Norwegian.

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

hefill: hefill, m. Løkke (jvf kló, hanki) hvori man indstikker Skjødrebet for saaledesat snøre Seglet sammen, formindske detsVindflade eller Vindfang og drage detned; lét hann þá hleypa segli or hefl-unum (som havde været benyttede tildets Sammensnøring ved heflaskurðr)OH. 18223; létu síðan síga (nl. seglit,= hleypa segli) or heflum ok sœkjaeptir þeim Flat. II, 56322 (Fm. VIII,839). I begge disse Tilfælde tales derom at forøge Seglets for Vinden udsatteFlade og saaledes give Fartøiet stærkereFart. Beslægtet med hefill i Form ogBetydning synes Folkesprogets havaldAasen 270 b, ags. habeld, hafeld, hef-eldþræd = lat. licium Anglosax. &c.Vocab. by Th. Wright 2d ed. byWülcker 3030 fg. 18713. 43310. 50223; og hefelgyrd = lat. liciatorium l. c. 43233.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚽᚠᛁᛚᛚ
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:

c.: Capitel.

fg.: følgende.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

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