Fjár-gjöf
Old Norse Dictionary - fjár-gjöf
Meaning of Old Norse word "fjár-gjöf" (or fjár-gjǫf)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fjár-gjöf (fjár-gjǫf)
- f. a gift of money, Fms. v. 175, v. l.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, fjár-gjöf may be more accurately written as fjár-gjǫf.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛅᚱ-ᚴᛁᚢᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)