Fjara
Old Norse Dictionary - fjaraMeaning of Old Norse word "fjara" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
fjara Old Norse word can mean:
- fjara
- u, f., gen. fjöru, [a Scandin. word, which remains in Orphir in the Orkneys, vide ey]
- fjara
- 1. the ebb-tide, ebb, 415. 10, Edda 32–34, Fms. xi. 6, Fs. 157, Grág. ii. 352–366, passim.
- fjara
- 2. [cp. fore- in the Engl. fore-shore], the fore-shore, beach, sea-board, Edda l. c., Grág. i. 91, Fas. ii. 148, Nj. 19, Eb. 292, Grett. 89, Orkn. 336, passim: the allit. saying, milli fjalls ok fjöru, between fell and fore-shore; var þá skógr milli fjalls ok fjöru, at that time it was forest between fell and fore-shore, i. e. all over the low land, Landn. 28, Íb. ch. 1; þar sem mætisk gras eðr f., where the grass and sea-beach join, Dipl. iii. 11.
- fjara
- COMPDS: fjöruborð, fjörugrjót, fjörugrös, fjörukóngr, fjörumaðkr, fjörumaðr, fjörumark, fjörumál, fjörunytjar, fjörusteinn, fjörustúfr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛅᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- m.
- masculine.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- lit.
- literally.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)