Spáför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - spáför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "spáför" (or spáfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

spáför (spáfǫr): spáför, f. Reise som nogen foretager i den Hensigt at lade sig spaa eller ved Trol-dom udforske Fremtidens Hændelser (jvffara at spyrja spá Borg. 1, 16); þeirer láta líf sítt - fyrir morð ok for-dæðuskapi ok spáfarar ok útisetu atvekja tröll upp ok fremja heiðni meðþví Frost. 5, 452 (Landsl. 4, 42).

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, spáför may be more accurately written as spáfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᛆᚠᚯᚱ
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.