Öflgast

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öflgast

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öflgast" (or ǫflgast) in Norwegian.

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

öflgast (ǫflgast)
öflgast, v. r. (að) blive, vise sig stærk; engirsterkir borgarveggir mega móti öflgast(dvs. bestaa mod) tilkvámu guðs postolaKlm. 13130; fyr þeirra verðleika látiallsvaldandi guð með sínni miskunnenga íllsku öfundarfullra sínna úvinaöflgast í gegn sínum rétttrúaðum mönn-um Fm. II, 23818.

Part of speech: v r

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚠᛚᚵᛆᛋᛏ
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:

m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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