Ofgangr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ofgangr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ofgangr" in Norwegian.

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

ofgangr: ofgangr, m. at noget tager Overhaand,gaar for vidt, overskrider den rette ellertilbørlige Grændse, = ofrgangr; þeimþikkir nær ofgangr at um síðir Mar.56426; konungi þótti ofgangr at umríki Erlings OH. 11122 (Flat. II, 1981);margar vásbúðir - bæði á landi fyriróvinum en í hafi fyrir ofgangi sjóar(sjáfar) Barl. 199; bœrinn gékk uppfyrir elds ofgangi DN. II, 9513; þauundr, er annattveggja eru á Íslandieða Grœnlandi, þá eru bæði með of-gangi frosts ok jökla eða elligar afofgangi elds ok bruna Kgs. 218; gangayfir e-n ofgangi dvs. mishandle, tyranni-sere en: er oss þat klæki -, ef einnvíkverskr maðr skal ganga ofgangi yfiross hér í frændhaga várum Fm. VII,26929 fg; ef sjá óhœfa skal fram fara,at sjá ófagnaðr skuli ofgöngum gangayfir oss Gísl. 7911; ef búandi gengr of-göngum yfir kono sínni nauðsynjalaustok vitu návistarmenn skil á því, okrennr hana bræði ok verðr honum atskaða, þá - Frost. 4, 357.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚠᚵᛆᚿᚵᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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