Söguefni

Old Norwegian Dictionary - söguefni

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "söguefni" (or sǫguefni) in Norwegian.

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

söguefni (sǫguefni): söguefni, n. Indhold af, Gjenstand for en Fortælling; gékk þá skattr yfir land,sem mörgum mönnum er kunnigt orðit,ok ritum vér þar eigi fleira af, en þóer þar mikil söguefni Sturl. II, 25413.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, söguefni may be more accurately written as sǫguefni.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚵᚢᚽᚠᚿᛁ
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:

n.: Neutrum.

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