Lífgjöf

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lífgjöf

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lífgjöf" (or lífgjǫf) in Norwegian.

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

lífgjöf (lífgjǫf): lífgjöf, f. Handlingen at skjænke en Livet,frelse ham fra Døden; var maðrinn þegarleystr, gékk sá maðr fyrir konung okþakkaði honum lífgjöf Fm. VI, 22421;ef þér þykkir nökkut veitt í lífgjöf þínniVatsd. 3 (721).

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, lífgjöf may be more accurately written as lífgjǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛁᚠᚵᛁᚯᚠ
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.

m.: Masculin.

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