Erfið-liga
Old Norse Dictionary - erfið-liga
Meaning of Old Norse word "erfið-liga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- erfið-liga
- adv. with pain and toil; er hann sótti e. til hans, he strove hard to get up to him, Edda 60; e-t horfir e., looks hard, Nj. 139; búa e. við e-n, to treat one harshly, Fas. ii. 96; at skipi þessu farisk e., that his ship will fare ill, make a bad voyage, vi. 376; varð mér þar erviðligast um, there I met with the greatest difficulties, Nj. 163.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚱᚠᛁᚦ-ᛚᛁᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)