Nábjargir

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nábjargir

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nábjargir" in Norwegian.

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

nábjargir: nábjargir, f. pl. Omsorg for afdødes Lig;hví hefir þú eigi veitt honum nábjargir,er opnar eru nasirnar Nj. 99 (1542); ummorguninn, er lýsti ok menn klæddust,þá sat Skallagrímr fram á stokk okvar þá andaðr ok svá stirðr, at - -.Egill gékk fram í setit ok tók í herðarSkallagrími ok kneikti hann aptr á bakok lagði hann niðr í setit ok veittihonum þá nábjargir Eg. 61 (13924. 1403);varð A. þess víss, at faðir hans vardauðr ok sat í háseti -; gékk A. núinn í eldaskálann ok svá inn eptirsetinu á bak Þórolfi; hann bað hvernat varast at ganga framan at honum,meðan honum væri eigi nábjargir veitt-ar Eb. 33 (6017-22).

Part of speech: f pl

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛆᛒᛁᛆᚱᚵᛁᚱ
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.

pl.: Pluralis.

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