Furða

Old Norse Dictionary - furða

Meaning of Old Norse word "furða" in English.

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

furða
að, to forebode, with dat.; íllu mun f., ef …, it will bode ill if …, Fms. ii. 194: mod. impers., e-n furðar á e-u, one wonders at a thing, Safn i. 55; furðar mig á fréttum þeim, a ditty.

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

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Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
f.
feminine.
impers.
impersonal.
mod.
modern.
pers.
person.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Safn
Safn til Sögu Islands.
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