Þrif-semi

Old Norse Dictionary - þrif-semi

Meaning of Old Norse word "þrif-semi" in English.

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

þrif-semi Old Norse word can mean:

þrif-semi
f. a good estate, Hom. 66; augu mín sjá þ. þína, thy salvation, id.
þrif-semi
2. thrift; em ek þó skjótt aflandi á verkum mínum ok þ., Njarð. 366.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Njarð.
Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)
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