Viðför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - viðför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "viðför" (or viðfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

viðför (viðfǫr): viðför, f. Medfart, Behandling; hverjar við-farir sem þeir gerðu þeim bæði her-viligar ok leiðiligar Barl. 10416; vitaþykkjomst ek, at þú kant segja her-viligar viðfarar mínna manna Alex. 5718;þá fær þú eptir lítinn tíma ljótar við-farar ok langar pínur Heilag. I, 40911.

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, viðför may be more accurately written as viðfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚦᚠᚯᚱ
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.

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