Öfga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öfga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öfga" (or ǫfga) in Norwegian.

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

öfga (ǫfga): öfga, v. (að) stille, bevæge paa en Maadesom er bagvendt, modsat den rette (jvföfugr 1); allir stafir ero öfgaðir þessnafns (Eva) ok gert af Ave Mar. 2014;öfga orð e-s Gyð. 6121; m. Dat. öfgavápni at manni Bjark. 21. 81.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚠᚵᛆ
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:

Dat.: Dativ.

m.: Masculin.

v.: Verbum.

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