Öfugr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öfugr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öfugr" (or ǫfugr) in Norwegian.

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

öfugr (ǫfugr)
öfugr, adj. (got. ibuks, ght. abuh, mht.ebeh; sv. avugher Rydqv. IV, 248. V,256) 1) bagvendt, vendt i en Retningsom er modsat den naturlige eller sæd-vanlige; þar vóru hreinstökur nökkurar,ok bundu öfgar á fœtr sér Flat. II,27229; ef maðr er veginn öfgum vápnumGul. 240; kálfar á beinum fram eðaaugu í hnakka aptan ok öfgu líki ölluEids. 1, 5 (jvf Borg. 1, 1); er hón komí virkit, hljóp at henni gyltr mikil,ok svá hart í fang henni, at hón fóröfug út af virkinu Þorskf. 732; þat varbragð hans, at hann gékk öfugr okhendi sporin Finb. 2412 (c. 11); hannstökkr út af virkisvegginum öfugr okkemr standandi niðr Flat. I, 14628; eigimun ek öfugr at ganga í dag Flat. II,51617; slá ein var um þvert skipit, okhljóp Gunnarr aptr yfir öfugr Nj. 30(4428); Grett. 177; þat gékk öfugt umhúsit ok andsœlis Eb. 52 (989); drepa,höggva öfgri hendi Ljósv. 13; Fm. XI,367. 2) uvenlig, fiendtlig; æfin hefiröfug verit Vatsd. 3 (8 &vl); mæla öfugtorð til e-s Sturl. I, 36120; hvárigir lögðuöðrum öfugt orð Grett. 113; varð þatöfug heilli er Julia féll ífrá Pr. 18111.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚠᚢᚵᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
c.
Capitel.
f.
Feminin.
got.
gotisk.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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