Far-sæll
Old Norse Dictionary - far-sæll
Meaning of Old Norse word "far-sæll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word far-sæll can mean:far-sæll
- far-sæll
- adj. speeding well in voyages; svá f. at hann kaus sér jafnan höfn, Korm. 140; þat er mælt at þú sért maðr farsælli en aðrir menn flestir, Fb. iii. 385: farsælli en aðrir menn, Band. 5, Barl. 195: of a ship, farsælla en hvert annarra, Fs. 27 (obsolete).
- far-sæll
- 2. metaph. prosperous, very freq., esp. in eccl. sense: ó-farsæll, unhappy.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚱ-ᛋᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)