Festar-gjöf

Old Norse Dictionary - festar-gjöf

Meaning of Old Norse word "festar-gjöf" (or festar-gjǫf) in English.

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

festar-gjöf (festar-gjǫf)
f. id., D. N.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
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