Of

Old Norwegian Dictionary - of

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "of" in Norwegian.

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

of
of, n. 1) stor Mængde; féngu þar of fjárEg. 46 (8926) jvf OH. 19818; Nj. 5 (921).17 (2711); hafði han of liðs OH. 16113;jvf Flat. II, 27723. 2) Overdrivelse; H.kvað þat eina talat, er eigi var við ofHœnsn. 9 (1549); þótti mörgum þatvið of, hversu konungr lagði mikit tilÞorgríms í allri virðingu. 3) Over-mod, Storladenhed, Storagtighed; hón(nL. Kirken som du vil bygge) verðr eigisvá mikil, at þar muni of (jvf ofsi L. 2)þítt allt í liggja Laxd. 74 (2136).

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚠ
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:

L.
Linje.
lat.
latinsk.
n.
Neutrum.
nl.
nemlig.

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