Yfirmaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - yfirmaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "yfirmaðr" in Norwegian.

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

yfirmaðr: yfirmaðr, m. 1) Person som har at bydeeller raade over noget (e-s); géngu þáallir bœndr undir Þorgils ok játtuhonum til yfirmanns Sturl. II, 23610;ekki vil ek gerast lendr maðr, meðanfaðir mínn lifir, því at hann skal verayfirmaðr mínn - Eg. 5 (725); Stat. 2429;Ólafr er betr til yfirmanns fallinn enmínir synir Laxd. 21 (5410); yfirmaðrþess heraðs Vatsd. 1 (42); yfirmaðrVatnsdœla Vatsd. 15 (2619); Antipatrsetr son sínn yfirmenn í JerusalemGyð. 6919; mods. undirmaðr Heilag. I,18125. 2) Person som er en andenoverlegen, har Forrang for ham; eigumvér þó - at vera yfirmenn þeirra sakirætta - ok atferða Fm. IX, 5095; uppnú Böðvar bjarki, ok mínn yfirmann!ella mun ek brenna húsit ok sjalfanþik Fld. I, 10320.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛦᚠᛁᚱᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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