For-ráð

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

For-ráð

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 for-ráð

n. management, superintendance; með forráði ok umsýslu e-s, Rb. 400: the phrase, kunna ekki fótum sínum forráð, Stj. 558:—administration, stewardship, hann hafði f. með Auði, Landn. 109; hann tók þar við forráðum öllum, Eg. 36, 84; staðar-forráð, the management of church domain-land, Bs. i. 479; til eignar ok forráða, Ld. 14; forráð sakar, the leading of a suit, Grág. i. 489:—as a law term, the holding a goðorð (q. v.) of the heathen time, manna-forráð, Hrafn. 14, Nj. 149, v. l.; hence rule, sway, Fms. vii. 209, xi. 201, Eg. 50, 401.

2 for-ráð

COMPD: forráðamaðr.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚱᛅᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
f.: feminine.
l.: Linnæus.
n.: neuter.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Hrafn.: Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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