Tíðaför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tíðaför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tíðaför" (or tíðafǫr) in Norwegian.

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

tíðaför (tíðafǫr): tíðaför, f. Handlingen at søge den offent-lige Gudstjeneste (fara til tíða), = tíða-sókn; tíðafarar ok kirkjosóknir eigomvér at kostgæfa Homil. 1092; segir hannbiskupi þá sögu, at hann var af (dvs.hindret fra) tíðaförinni Fm. VIII, 35823.

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, tíðaför may be more accurately written as tíðafǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛁᚦᛆᚠᚯᚱ
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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