Sómaför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sómaför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sómaför" (or sómafǫr) in Norwegian.

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

sómaför (sómafǫr)
sómaför, f. Reise hvoraf man har Ære;hann vænti, at þeir vildi fara á fundkonungs ok leita eptir bótum, at þatmundi sómaför verða Eg. 24 (4711).

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, sómaför may be more accurately written as sómafǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚮᛘᛆᚠᚯᚱ
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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