Lífgöfugr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lífgöfugr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lífgöfugr" (or lífgǫfugr) in Norwegian.

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

lífgöfugr (lífgǫfugr)
lífgöfugr, adj. anselig ved sit Levnet, hvor-ved han udmærker sig fremfor andre; fleiri ok enn lífgöfugri (= lat. plureset egregii) menn Heilag. II, 3392 fg 22;munkr nekkverr lífgöfugr ok síðsamr(lat. vir vitæ venerabilis Greg. dialog.3, 17) Heilag. 1, 22721 (Leif. 9710).

Part of speech: adj

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, lífgöfugr may be more accurately written as lífgǫfugr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛁᚠᚵᚯᚠᚢᚵᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
eg.
egentlig.
f.
Feminin.
lat.
latinsk.

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