Helför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - helför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "helför" (or helfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

helför (helfǫr): helför, f. Død (jvf fara til heljar); munhann ætla honum sömu helför Mar. 10565; især i Plur. lat þú (þá) hafaherfiligar helfarar Post. 10827; jvf Heilag. I, 26124; spurði hverjar helfarirþeir skyldu hafa Post. 19615; ok húnhafði þaðan helfarir, er hón væntiheilsu Heilag. II, 3432.

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, helför may be more accurately written as helfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚽᛚᚠᚯᚱ
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.

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