Slysför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - slysför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "slysför" (or slysfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

slysför (slysfǫr)
slysför, f. uheldig Reise, paa hvilken man gjør eller vederfares, hvad man er ildetjent med; vera kann, at íss hafi vesnatá víkinni, er veðrit hlánar, ok vildaek, at þú fœrir engum slysförum Fbr.3117 (jvf Bp. I, 34612); hann fagnarhjartaliga af slysförum fjándans Mar.1773.

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, slysför may be more accurately written as slysfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛚᛦᛋᚠᚯᚱ
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.
p.
Pagina, side.

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