Svaðilför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svaðilför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svaðilför" (or svaðilfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

svaðilför (svaðilfǫr)
svaðilför, f. d. s.; veita e-m svaðilför: erþat ok vel, at vér minnimst við þáþeirra svaðilfara, er þeir veittu ossFm. VIII, 40813; vér höfum mjök optsvaðilförum farit fyrir þeim Fm. VII,2614.

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, svaðilför may be more accurately written as svaðilfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛆᚦᛁᛚᚠᚯᚱ
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.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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