Van-

Old Norwegian Dictionary - van-

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "van- " in Norwegian.

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

van-: van- uadskillelig Partikel, der for at betegneTingens eller Handlingens Ufuldstændig-hed, at den ikke er saa tilstrækkelig somden burde være (mods. of), dels anvendestil Dannelsen af sammensatte Ord, f. Ex.hvar er menn kaupa saman lagakaupiok lýrittar, þá skal aptr ganga oftalaen fram vantala Bjark. 154; dels sættes foran Participium af hvilketsomhelst Ver-bum, f. Ex. vanskipaðr mun verða stafn-inn Fm. VI, 243; nú er eptir vansvaratþat er ek spurða Heilag. I, 28219; þúmátt mik í engri spurningu vanbúnafinna við svörum Heilag. I, 28221; O.kvað mjök vanlaunat lið þat Fm. VI,382; guð lét ekki eptir vanunnit okleysti alt af hendi algort Elucid. 78;eiga nökkut vanmælt við e-n (dvs. endnu have noget at tale med en) Bp. I, 668;vér eigum öðrum konungi meira van-goldit (dvs. vi ere en anden Konge mere skyldige) Grett. 205; kvezt eigi við þeimvanbúinn Korm. 202.

Part of speech: uadskillelig Partikel

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚿ-:
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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