Ofvilnan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ofvilnan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ofvilnan" in Norwegian.

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

ofvilnan: ofvilnan, f. overdreven og ugrundet For- haabning; er þat ok eitt ofmikit manns-ins ofmetnaðarmark at treystast meðofdirfð ok ofvilnan, at hann man eigimisgöra mega, meðr þí at þessi sama of-dirfðar ofvilnan sé fullkomin synd eptirþí, sem hinn heilagi Johannes - gefrórskurð á o. s. v. (1 Joh. 1, 8) Stj. 14416 fg;órvilnon er verst allra synda, því athón tortryggvir miskunn guðs, en of-vilnan þar næst, því at hón tortryggvirréttlæti hans; órvilnon er þat næst athyggjask eigi muno bœtt geta syndirsínar með miskunn guðs, ofvilnan atætla sér himinríki, þó at maðr uni ístórglœpum ok láti eigi af þeim nébœti yfir Homil. 13620-23 jvf 25.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚠᚠᛁᛚᚿᛆᚿ
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:

f.: Feminin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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