Úför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - úför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "úför" (or úfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

úför (úfǫr): úför, f. eg. en uheldig Reise, men dernæst Uheld, hvorved det gaar en ilde; hljótaúförna dvs. blive den hvem Reisen bringer Ulykke, hvem det gaar ud over, Fm. XI,113; især i Plur. úfarar eller úfarir; Flat.II, 12512. 34536; eg. 78 (18924); Vatsd.35 (587); fara úförum fyrir e-m dvs. være uheldig i sit Mellemværende med en, Gísl.542 jvf fara úfarar Vatsd. 35 (5621);gleðjast af úförum e-s Kgs. 11734; hafaúfarir (viðfarar, Kaalunds Udg.) af e-mLaxd. 63 (18525).

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, úför may be more accurately written as úfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᚠᚯᚱ
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:

eg.: egentlig.

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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