Framar-liga

Old Norse Dictionary - framar-liga

Meaning of Old Norse word "framar-liga" in English.

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

framar-liga Old Norse word can mean:

framar-liga: contracted framarla, adv. ‘forwardly,’ in front; þá má hverr vera svá framarla sem hann vill (of ranks in battle), Fms. v.ii. 403, v. l.; lagði konungr framarla skip sitt, Eg. 33; þeir kómu svá f. í landit, went so far, Fms. xi. 360: Icel. say, framarliga í dalnum, nesinu, far off in the dale, etc., where old writers would prefer í framanverðum dalnum, nesi: f. á sjötta hundraði, high up in the sixth hundred, Sturl. iii. 84.

framar-liga: 2. metaph. fully, highly, much; treysta f., to trust fully, Fms. v. 236, vi. 151; svá framarla, so far, to that point, x. 7, Hom. 40; svá f. sem, so far as, 87; sjá f. við e-u, to be fully ware of, Sks. 358; hann man f. á horfa um kvánfangit, he will look high, i. e. make great pretensions, Ld. 88.

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

Abbreviations used:

adv.: adverb.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

s. v.: sub voce.

Works & Authors cited:

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

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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