Til-för

Old Norse Dictionary - til-för

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

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

til-för (til-fǫr): f. the moving to a place, Grág. i. 451, ii. 334: an attack = atför (q. v.), Nj. 101, Eb. 90 new Ed., Ld. 226, Grág. ii. 37, Gullþ. 12: an execution, in civil sense, N. G. L. ii. 89.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

L.: Linnæus.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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