Farnaðr
Old Norse Dictionary - farnaðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "farnaðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- farnaðr
- and förnuðr, m., gen. ar, furtherance, speed; tíl farnaðar mér ok til ferðar, Grág. ii. 21, Skv. 1. 8, Fms, viii. 31; ú-farnaðr, bad speed; þar til hon kynni sér f., till she knew how to speed in the world, Ld. 116.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚱᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)