Rifja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - rifja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "rifja" in Norwegian.

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

rifja: rifja, v. (að) 1) vende (Hø som ligger ude for at tørres) saa at derved det understeeller nederste kommer op i Lyset; komskýflóki svartr á himininn -; þóttustmenn sjá, at regn myndi í skýinu; kall-aði Þóroddr þá sem ákafast á menn,at upp skyldi raka heyit, en Þórgunnarifjaði þá sítt hey, tók hón eigi at rakaupp, þótt þat væri mælt Eb. 51 (9419)med Variant 6. 2) lade noget kommefrem for Lyset eller i Dagen, udrede,udvikle, forklare; mikil skynsemi er atrifja vandliga þat (&vl rifja þat vand-liga upp) SE. I, 8622; sagði Jón biskupalla hluti -, nema uxadrauminn rifjaði(&vl sagði) hann eigi Heilag. II, 30035;var þat mál fyrst at rifja á þinginu,hvárt Magnús konungr mætti - -;síðan var eptir því leitat, hvárt Sigurðr- Mork. 18211. 16.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᛁᚠᛁᛆ
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:

v.: Verbum.

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