Af-för

Old Norse Dictionary - af-för

Meaning of Old Norse word "af-för" (or af-fǫr) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

af-för (af-fǫr)
ar, f. departure, in the following COMPDS: affaradagr, affarakveld.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, af-för may be more accurately written as af-fǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᚠᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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