Öfundsjúkr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öfundsjúkr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öfundsjúkr" (or ǫfundsjúkr) in Norwegian.

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

öfundsjúkr (ǫfundsjúkr): öfundsjúkr, adj. avindsyg; vera eigi áburð-arsamr eða yfirgjarn eða öfundsjúkrKgs. 9232; má vera, at ek reynumsteigi svá údyggr, sem öfundsjúkir mennhafa yðr flutt Fm. VI, 967; Teitr hinnöfundsjúki Pr. 38217.

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, öfundsjúkr may be more accurately written as ǫfundsjúkr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚠᚢᚿᚦᛋᛁᚢᚴᚱ
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.

s.: substantiv.

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