Þrif-gjöf

Old Norse Dictionary - þrif-gjöf

Meaning of Old Norse word "þrif-gjöf" (or þrif-gjǫf) in English.

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

þrif-gjöf (þrif-gjǫf)
f. a gift of grace; þ. Guðs, Post. (Unger) 235.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
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