Stórúför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stórúför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stórúför" (or stórúfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

stórúför (stórúfǫr)
stórúför, f. stor Ulykke, Afvigelse fra, hvadder burde ske; H. jarl mælti: stórúfarargörast nú, ok drepi þenna sem skjótastok svá aðra þá, sem eptir eru, þvíatmyklu eru menn þessir verri viðfangs,en vér fáim við þeim sét Jómsv. 7622.

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, stórúför may be more accurately written as stórúfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚮᚱᚢᚠᚯᚱ
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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