Krapaför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - krapaför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "krapaför" (or krapafǫr) in Norwegian.

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

krapaför (krapafǫr)
krapaför, f. saadan Strømning (i Elv)som fører med sig halvopløst Is eller af Vand gjennemtrukken Sne. Finb. 6213.

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, krapaför may be more accurately written as krapafǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚱᛆᛕᛆᚠᚯᚱ
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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