Fjör-ráð
Old Norse Dictionary - fjör-ráð
Meaning of Old Norse word "fjör-ráð" (or fjǫr-ráð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fjör-ráð can mean:fjör-ráð
- fjör-ráð (fjǫr-ráð)
- n. a law term, a plotting against one’s life (cp. Germ. verrathen), Grág. ii. 116, Al. 127.
- fjör-ráð (fjǫr-ráð)
- COMPDS: fjörráðasök, fjörráðsmaðr, fjörráðsmál.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, fjör-ráð may be more accurately written as fjǫr-ráð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚢᚱ-ᚱᛅᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)