Yfirför

Old Norwegian Dictionary - yfirför

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "yfirför" (or yfirfǫr) in Norwegian.

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

yfirför (yfirfǫr): yfirför, f. 1) = yfirferð 1; Lappir vildubanna þeim yfirför, ok tókst þar bar-dagi Flat. I, 21929; þar er land er sváíllt yfirfarar eða tilfarar Grg. I, 2110;er land þat fátœkt ok íllt yfirfararFlat. II, 6238. 2) = yfirferð 2; skalsá (nl. biskup) hafa yfirför um Norð-lendingafjórðung dvs. bereise N. Grg. I,196; hafa yfirför um sýslu sína Bp. I,14022.

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, yfirför may be more accurately written as yfirfǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛦᚠᛁᚱᚠᚯᚱ
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.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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