Öfundarverk

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öfundarverk

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öfundarverk" (or ǫfundarverk) in Norwegian.

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

öfundarverk (ǫfundarverk)
öfundarverk, n. Gjerning hvortil man dri-ves af Had eller Fiendskab; ef þat kannat henda, at þú spyrr þeirra mannalíflát, er þér var áðr fjándskapr á, okþú vildir víst öfundarverk á vinna, efþú ættir kost á - Kgs. 9517.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚠᚢᚿᚦᛆᚱᚠᚽᚱᚴ
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:

n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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