För

Old Norse Dictionary - för

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

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

för Old Norse word can mean:

för (fǫr): f., gen. farar; old pl. farar, later and mod. farir; the acc. with the article is in old writers often contracted, förna = förina; [fara, cp. far, ferð]:—a ‘fare,’ journey, Nj. 11; er þeir váru komnir á för, when they had started, 655 iii. 3; vera heim á för, to be on the road home, Ísl. ii. 362; vera í för með e-m, to be in company with one. Eg. 340; var brúðrin í för með þeim, Nj. 50: a procession, Lex. Poët.; bál-för, lík-f., funerals; brúð-f., a bridal procession.

för (fǫr): 2. chiefly in pl. journeys; hvat til tíðinda hafði orðit í förum hans, what had happened in his journeys, Eg. 81:—of trading voyages (far-maðr), vera í fo:;rum, to be on one’s travels, Ld. 248, Nj. 22; eiga skip í förum, to own a trading ship, Fb. i. 430, (cp. fara milli landa, to fare between countries, i. e. to trade, Hkr. pref.): fara frjáls manns förum, to fare (live) about free, to live as a free man, n. G. l. i. 32; svefn-farar, sleep, Gísl.; að-farir, treatment.

för (fǫr): 3. in law, of vagrants (vide fara A. I. 2); dæma för úmögum, Grág. i. 87; dæma e-m för, 86; dæma úmaga (acc.) á för, to declare one a pauper, order him to ‘fare’ forth, 93, passim in the law (förumaðr).

för (fǫr): 4. a hasty movement, a rush; þá syndusk þar miklir hundar ok görðu för at Petro, 656 C. 29; var för (MS. for) í sortanum, the cloud was drifting swiftly, FmS. vii. 163, cp. far:—the phrases, vér munum fara allir sömu förina, all the same way, in a bad sense, xi. 154; munt þú hafa farar Hákonar jarls, x. 322; vera á föru (mod. förum), to be on the wane; lausafé hans er mér sagt heldr á förum, Þorf. Karl. 366; þá var nokkut á föru (förum, pl.) virkit Bersa, there was something wrong with B.’s castle, it was going into ruin, Korm. 148.

för (fǫr): 5. an expedition, in compds, Vatns-dals-för, Apavatns-för, Grímseyjar-för, Reykhóla-för, Kleifa-för, the expedition to Vatnsdale, Apavatn, etc., Sturl., Ann.

för (fǫr): COMPDS: farabók, farahagr, fararbann, fararbeini, fararblómi, fararbroddr, fararbúinn, farardvöl, fararefni, farareyrir, fararfé, farargögn, farargreiði, fararhapt, fararhestr, fararhlass, fararkaup, fararleyfi, fararmaðr, fararmungát, fararnautr, fararorlof, fararskjótr, fararskjótalaust, fararstafr, farartálmi.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

i. e.: id est.

L.: Linnæus.

pref.: preface.

m.: masculine.

S.: Saga.

etc.: et cetera.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Þorf. Karl.: Þorfinns Saga Karlsefnis. (D. II.)

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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