Sængar-för

Old Norse Dictionary - sængar-för

Meaning of Old Norse word "sængar-för" (or sængar-fǫr) in English.

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

sængar-för (sængar-fǫr): (mod. sængr-för), f. id., H. E. i. 492; kona hans var þá önduð af sængrför, Vígl. 53 new Ed. (vellum of the 14th century).

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sængar-för may be more accurately written as sængar-fǫr.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

gl.: glossary.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Vígl.: Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)

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