Ör-nefni
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-nefniMeaning of Old Norse word "ör-nefni" (or ǫr-nefni) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
ör-nefni Old Norse word can mean:
- ör-nefni (ǫr-nefni)
- n. [= Germ. ur-name], a local name, prop. an old name, Stj. 394, Brandkr. 61; svá sem örnefni eru við kennd, Fms. i. 241; þeir hendu þrælana fleiri þar sem síðan eru örnefni við kennd, Eg. 596; hét Örlygr á Patrek biskup til landtöku sér, at hann skyldi af hans nafni örnefni gefa þar sem hann tæki land, Landn. 43, freq. in mod. usage.
- ör-nefni (ǫr-nefni)
- 2. a pr. name of a person, but rarely; gat Ólafr digri með henni barn, en þeirra örnefni eðr örferðir vitu vér eigi, their names or doings, Fms. x. 397 (Ágrip).
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-nefni may be more accurately written as ǫr-nefni.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᚾᛁᚠᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Brandkr.
- Brandkrossa-þáttr. (D. V.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
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