Hræfa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hræfa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hræfa" in Norwegian.

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

hræfa: hræfa, v. (fd) taale, finde sig i noget,komme vel udaf det med noget (um e-t);s. kvað hann víst verr launa vistinaen stofnat var, ok má eigi um þathræfa lengr Vatsd. 18 (316); er þásvá komit, at menn þóttust trautt megaumb hræfa hans skaplyndi ok ofsa (=at hvárigir þikkjast mega um hannt/,o/la Jómsv. 6433; at trautt megu mennum hann fæta Flat. I, 16725) Jómsv.*7712; hræfþa ek um hotvetna meþanHaugni lifþi Am. 67 (61); jvf Völs.1797 (c. 38).

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚱᛅᚠᛆ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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