Selför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - selför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "selför" (or selfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

selför (selfǫr): selför, f. Reise til Sæters, til sel for derat tage Ophold om Sommeren. Grág.4092; hafa selför dvs. flytte til Sæters, Svarfd. 11 (1396); Eg. 89 (22729).

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, selför may be more accurately written as selfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚽᛚᚠᚯᚱ
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.

fd.: finlandisk.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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