Yfir-sókn

Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-sókn

Meaning of Old Norse word "yfir-sókn" in English.

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

yfir-sókn Old Norse word can mean:

yfir-sókn: f. = yfirför, mostly as a law term, almost the same as veizla; Sveinn konungr gaf honum jarldóm ok Halland til yfirsóknar, Fms. vi. 295, Orkn. 66; lén ok yfirsókn, Fms. i. 87; ármenning, syslu, yfirsókn, Ó. H. 174, Fms. x. 196, passim.

yfir-sókn: 2. a visitation, survey, K. Þ. K. 61, v. l.; yfirsóknar-maðr, a surveyor, eccl., H. E. i. 255, and in a secular sense, n. G. l. i. 18.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

eccl.: ecclesiastical.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

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

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