For-akt
Old Norse Dictionary - for-akt
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-akt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word for-akt can mean:for-akt
- for-akt
- n. (for. word), intention; með vilja eðr f., H. E. i. 561.
- for-akt
- β. in mod. usage = Germ. veracht, contempt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛅᚴᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- for.
- foreign.
- n.
- neuter.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)