Offran

Old Norwegian Dictionary - offran

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "offran" in Norwegian.

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

offran: offran, f. 1) Given, Gave; meðr þessarioffran ok presenteran blezaði Melchi-sedech Abram svá segjandi: - Stj.10910. 2) Offring, Offer, = offrend,offerenda; þeir vildu eigi þiggja kon-ungs offran ok eigi tíðir syngja svá, athann væri við Heilag. I, 4224. 3) =lat. repræsentatio; á grisku kallastsá dagr (nl. kyndilsmessudagr) ypa-panti, þat þýðist á latínu representatio,þat köllum vér offran, því at á þeimdegi var guðs móðir í Gyðinga musterioffrandi guði sínn signaða son meðþeim fórnum, sem Moyses lög buðuDunstans saga c. 4 (Icel. sag. II, 38812).

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚠᚠᚱᛆᚿ
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:

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

nl.: nemlig.

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