Öndverða

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öndverða

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öndverða" (or ǫndverða) in Norwegian.

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

öndverða (ǫndverða): öndverða, f. Begyndelse; komi þér nú velsignaðir til míns föður ríkis, er búitvar móti yðr fyrir öndverðu heimsþessa Hom. 19628 jvf NL. I, 459; kallamenn, at borg sú muni af mönnumbygð hafa verit fyrir öndverðu Konr. 8456; Adonias gerði fyrir öndverðu, semþú munt heyrt hafa, at hann gerði upp-reist móti feðr sínum Kgs. 162; Fbr. 4011;Grg. I, 8314. II, 14217; hvor fyrir önd-verðu, som i de anførte Exempler, staaruden Genitiv, kan det muligens opfattessom Dat. Neut. Sing. af öndverðr.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚿᚦᚠᚽᚱᚦᛆ
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:

Dat.: Dativ.

f.: Feminin.

L.: Linje.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

Sing.: Singularis.

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