Knífr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - knífr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "knífr" in Norwegian.

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

knífr: knífr, m. (G. -s, N. Pl. -ar) Kniv (ags.cnif Bosw.2 (162 b) Wright-Wülcker I, 32917; eng. knife Skeat 317 a; mnt.knîf Mnd. Wb. II, 503; mht. gnippeMhd. Wb. I, 522 a5; Lexer I, 1042 164942, jvf kneif Schmeller II, 37231; fr.canif Diez3 II. 245, canivet V. Gay Gloss. archeol. I, 271 fg). SE. I, 3462;Bp. I, 22915. 38525; þit skolot deila kníf ok kjötstykki ok alla luti ykkar í milli sem frændr en eigi sem fjándr GrG. I, 2067 jvf GráG. 4079; vér skul-um deila kníf ok kjötstykki ok alla hluti vár í milli sem frændr en eigi fjándr Heið. 33 (3807); hvárgi þeirra vildi deila við annan kníf né kjöt-stykki Flat. II, 10313 (Fbr. 2032); jvf Citat af VestG. l. under kjötstykki, og E. du Meril Etudes sur quelques points d'archeologie &c. s. 4012 fgg; ogsaa brugt om det mandlige Avlelem (ligesom skapt,sverð), eller Manden som dermed er ud- rustet, i Udtrykket kaupa um knífa Korm. 238 (548).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚿᛁᚠᚱ
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.

eng.: engels.

fr.: fransk.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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