Skilfenginn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skilfenginn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skilfenginn" in Norwegian.

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

skilfenginn
skilfenginn, adj. faaet paa lovlig, retmæs- sig Maade (jvf skilborinn, skilgetinn);skilfengin kona dvs. Ægtehustru: einakono skal hverr kristinn maðr eiga;en ef hann tekr aðra, meðan hin lifirskilfengna - Frost. 3, 102; móðir skil-fengin: ef engi þeirra (nL. föðurfaðir,föðurbróðir, bróðursun) er til, þá tekrmóðir skilfengin þann arf allan Hák.585; ek ættleiði þenna mann - til allsréttar, svá sem móðir hans væri skil-fengin Hák. 708; hornungr sá heitir, erfrjálsar konu sunr er ok eigi skil-fengnar (= ok eigi goldinn mundr viðGuL. 1043) NL. IV, s. 15 § 104; þar sembarn tók arf eptir móður sína skilfengnaRb. 36, 11 jvf LandsL. 5, 28; dróttningskilfengin: en móðir Magnúss konungser konungs dóttir ok dróttningar skil-fenginnar, því er Magnús dróttningarson ok eiginkonu Fm. VII, 30611.

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᛁᛚᚠᚽᚿᚵᛁᚿᚿ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
L.
Linje.
m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.
s.
substantiv.
S.
Side.

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