Sljófa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sljófa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sljófa" in Norwegian.

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

sljófa: sljófa, v. (að) sløve, mods. hvessa; harmr-inn hvessir, at hón œpi, skemdin sljófar,at hón þegi Mar. 16030; drekkr hannvín svá djarfliga, at hann er mjök sljóf-aðr bæði í samvitzku ok sínum góð-vilja Mar. 54714; þegar í stað sljófasthans sýn, sem dagrinn birtist Stj. 1611;einn veg ferr flestum gömlum mönnum,at eigi at eins sljófast sýnin, heldrminkast allt hugvitit með líkams blind-inni Flat. I, 4715.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛚᛁᚮᚠᛆ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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