Fyrir-verða

Old Norse Dictionary - fyrir-verða

Meaning of Old Norse word "fyrir-verða" in English.

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

fyrir-verða: varð, to vanish, collapse; þá féll ok fyrirvarð allt sem mold, 656 A. 2. 5, Sl. 27; svá sem augu firverða sem eigi taka læknis lyf, 656 B. 12:—so also, fyrirverða sik, to be destroyed, Stj. 25; also to be ashamed, Clem. 34, freq. in mod. usage in this last sense, otherwise obsolete:—and reflex. to perish, collapse, Stj. 91, 118, 149, Str. 66.

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

Abbreviations used:

freq.: frequent, frequently.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Clem.: Clements Saga. (F. III.)

Sl.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Str.: Strengleikar. (G. II.)

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