Bak-ferla
Old Norse Dictionary - bak-ferla
Meaning of Old Norse word "bak-ferla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bak-ferla
- að, [ferill], prop. to step backwards; þat (viz. the word ave) sýnir öfgað, bakferlað (read backwards) nafnit Eva, 655 xxvii. 18, to break, annul; b. ofbeldi e-s, Stj. 233; at b. þat allt er Domitianus hafði boðit, 623. 13; rjúfa ok b., to break and make void, Sturl. i. 171 C.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚴ-ᚠᛁᚱᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)