Far-sæla

Old Norse Dictionary - far-sæla

Meaning of Old Norse word "far-sæla" in English.

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

far-sæla: u, f., prop. good speed (in travelling); but only used metaph. good speed, prosperity, happiness, freq. in that use, esp. in eccl. sense, 623. 52. Stj. 327; f. þessa heims, Hom. 29, 76. Fms. i. 104, vi. 155, x. 276, 409.

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

Abbreviations used:

eccl.: ecclesiastical.

esp.: especially.

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

prop.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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