For-gefins
Old Norse Dictionary - for-gefinsMeaning of Old Norse word "for-gefins" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-gefins
- adv. [Germ. vergebens], in vain, (mod.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚴᛁᚠᛁᚾᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.