Prófan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - prófan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "prófan" in Norwegian.

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

prófan: prófan, f. 1) Undersøgelse, Granskning, Ran- sagelse, hvorved man søger at faa Lys ien Sag, komme til sikker Kundskab om noget; ef hann fellst at prófan JKr.46 jvf 13; í þísa var hann svá snarpr okharðr prófanarmaðr (= lat. indagatoracerbus) -, at varla vildi hann nökk-urum nema sér sjölfum til þessarrarprófanar trúa eða treysta (= lat. utvix absque se ipso hanc indagationemcrederet) Thom. 4322. 36. 441. 2) Bevis, Bevisførelse, Stadfæstelse; þessi réttprófan ok áeggjan sleit upp fastsettavillu af margra brjóstum Heilag. I,11727; sýnandi halsjárnin til prófanarsínum framburði (&vl til vitnisburðar)Post. 69224. 3) Forsøg, Prøve; bað hannvaða yfir fyrir prófanar sakir (= lat.volens tentare eum - dixit ei descendein fluvium et transi Heilag. II, 61217. 34.4) Erfaring; með nökkurri raun eðrprófan Stj. 3133.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛕᚱᚮᚠᛆᚿ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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