Vingjöf

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vingjöf

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vingjöf" (or vingjǫf) in Norwegian.

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

vingjöf (vingjǫf): vingjöf, f. Vennegave, som gives en paaGrund af et forhaandenværende Ven-skabsforhold eller for at istandbringe ogbefæste et saadant; með því sama sverði,er fyrr gaf hann Gislher at vingjöf Didr.33018; Eb. 25 (4110 jvf 4030); mart hefirþú mælt ok mjök djarfliga, at ek mundaþeim manni gera sœmd, er drepit hefirson mínn, ok væri sjá maðr heldr dauðaverðr en eigi vingjafa Vatsd. 5 (1025);konungr hafði veitt honum vingjafireptir orrostu ok heitit vináttu sínniEg. 13 (24); Ólafr konungr hafði sentvingjafir mörgum höfðingjum til ÍslandsFlat. II, 23922; hann á at gefa vingjafirat lifanda sér ef hann vill Grg. I, 2473;Aðalsteinn konungr vill fá honum atvingjöf skilling silfrs af plógi hverjumum allt ríki sítt ok vill, at þeir leggimeð sér vináttu Eg. 52 (10617) jvf Mork.17529 (Fld. II, 842 fg); sendi hann kon-ungi vingjafir ok góð orð móti vináttuhans Fm. I, 53; at vingjöf ok ást heil-agri þogot ér helgan anda, enda skolotér félaust veita Post. 1333; brugt vedOpgjør af Mellemværende forekommerdet: DN. I, 81. II, 713. IV, 842. X, 49.

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, vingjöf may be more accurately written as vingjǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚿᚵᛁᚯᚠ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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