Órför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - órför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "órför" (or órfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

órför (órfǫr)
órför, f. Fravigelse af det som man har i sin Besiddelse (sitr í); nú sitr maðr íarfi - en annarr kallast til kominn,þá skal sá stefna hanum heim - okkrefja hann arfs ok órfarar; nú villhann eigi ór fara, þá - Gul. 1212.

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, órför may be more accurately written as órfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚱᚠᚯᚱ
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.

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