Út-för

Old Norse Dictionary - út-för

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

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

út-för Old Norse word can mean:

út-för (út-fǫr): f. = útferð; hann sviku Blaku-menn í útfaru, Baut.; út-farar skip, an outward-bound ship, esp. for Palestine, Fms. x. 120, Orkn. 322, 334; útfarar drápa, a poem on a voyage to Palestine, Fms. viii. 207; útfarar-saga, vi. 355: a journey to Iceland, Grág. ii. 408; skal konungr ráða útförum várum, Gþl. 76.

út-för (út-fǫr): 2. as a law phrase, a levy for service out of the kingdom; útfara-bálkr, Gþl.; Íslendingar eru skyldir útfarar með Noregs konungi, Grág. ii. 408; útfara leiðangr, H. E. i. 414.

út-för (út-fǫr): 3. a burial; var hennar útför gör sæmilig eptir fornum sið, Fas. i. 463, Þórð. 59, Pass. 49. 19; útfarar-minning, a memorial.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

esp.: especially.

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Baut.: Bautil. (K. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Þórð.: Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)

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