Öfundsamr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öfundsamr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öfundsamr" (or ǫfundsamr) in Norwegian.

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

öfundsamr (ǫfundsamr): öfundsamr, adj. 1) avindsyg, misundelig;hverr öfundsamr kvelsk í hug, ok þaðaner góðr batnar, þaðan kvelsk öfund-samr Hom. 4114. 2) forhadt; var þettaverk öfundsamt Fm. XI, 242. 3) mis-undt; hann gjörðist þá höfðingi mikill,en ríki hans var mjök öfundsamt, þvíatþeir vóru margir, er eigi þóttust tilminna um komnir fyrir ættar sakirEb. 15 (1720); Snorri goði bjó í Tungu20 vetr ok hafði hann fyrst heldr öfund-samr setr, meðan þeir lifðu stórbokk-arnir Eb. 65 (12214).

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, öfundsamr may be more accurately written as ǫfundsamr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚠᚢᚿᚦᛋᛆᛘᚱ
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.

m.: Masculin.

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