Skipför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skipför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skipför" (or skipfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

skipför (skipfǫr): skipför, f. 1) = skipferð 1, skipaferð 1;í skipförum váru þeir hvatfœrri enaðrir menn Eg. 18 (3311). 2) = skip-ferð 2, skipaferð 2; Egill sá skipförinatil eyjarinnar Eg. 45 (8724); þeir máttuekki banna skipfarar upp í landit OH.2029.

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, skipför may be more accurately written as skipfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᛁᛕᚠᚯᚱ
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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