Ofanfall

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ofanfall

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ofanfall" in Norwegian.

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

ofanfall: ofanfall, n. 1) Nedfalden fra et i Høiden beliggende Sted; var hann þá kominnsvá háskasamliga (ved at klatre i denbratte Fjeldside), at hann sá vísligt síttofanfall ok bana, ef hann viki sér meðnökkuru móti þaðan, sem þá var hannFlat. I, 46519; Þorgeirr er kominn atofanfalli Flat. II, 15922 jvf ella hefðihann ofan fallit L. 15; ofanfall englaRb. 48b9 (31). 2) Nedfalden af en Byg-ning i Ruiner (jvf Eg. 46 og Grág. 2013under ofan 2); eru þær (nL. kirkjurnar)komnar at ofanfalli bæði at ráfi okveggjum Stat. 24231. 3) Nedbør af Regn,Sne o. desl. (jvf Aasen 562a5 fgg); varveðrátta íll ok ofanföll SturL. I, 5030;hann þóttist sjá okyrrleik mikinn ílopti, hvassviðri mikit, regn ok snjó- -; ok í ofanfalli því lömdust vápnþeirra Klm. 5277; ofanföll mikil fyrirsunnan land, svá at únýttust hey mannaFlat. III, 57522.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚠᛆᚿᚠᛆᛚᛚ
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:

desl.: deslige.

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

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