Hœfi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hœfi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hœfi" in Norwegian.

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

hœfi
hœfi, n. Maal som man ved Skydningeller ved Kast søger at træffe, hvortileller hvorefter man sigter; skjóta tilhœfis dvs. til Maals, Flat. I, 4616; jvf Æf. 8722. 2) hvad som er passendefor en (e-s), hvad som hœfir e-u; R.fékk sér nú konu þa, er honum þóttivið sítt hœfi (dvs. som han fandt pas-sende for sig) Völs. 8523 (c. 1 eller 2);eptir því, sem mér þótti standa okvið mítt hœfi vera Flat. II, 13615;féngu þeir sér róðrarskip, þat er viðþeirra hœfi var Eg. 25 (4810); jvf Fld. II, 5214; eptir hœfi lýtisins eða last-arins þolir hverr sem einn helvítispíslir Leif. 19633; i denne Betydningsættes Gen. hœfis foran andre Sub-stantiver for derved at betegne nogetsom passende, passeligt (hœfiligr 2):þat þikki mér vera hœfis ofrefli tveimlendum mönnum at eiga við IngimarMork. 17319; kvað sér hœfis mann-raun at halda þar einörð um Flat.III, 40630.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚠᛁ
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.
f.
Feminin.
lat.
latinsk.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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