Stefnuför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stefnuför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stefnuför" (or stefnufǫr) in Norwegian.

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

stefnuför (stefnufǫr): stefnuför, f. Reise som nogen foretager sig for at stevne, indkalde en; gaf hann þattil ráðs, at fram væri höfð stefnuförok stefnt Gunnari um afneyzlu fjársinsNj. 50 (7824); fara stefnuför Ljósv. 158;Eg. 85 (21517); Vatsd. 37 (612); Vígagl.1824.

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, stefnuför may be more accurately written as stefnufǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚽᚠᚿᚢᚠᚯᚱ
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.

v.: Verbum.

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