For-dæða
Old Norse Dictionary - for-dæða
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-dæða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word for-dæða can mean:for-dæða
- for-dæða
- u, f. [for- negative and dáð = an ‘evil-doer,’ cp. Germ. ‘missethat;’ the etym. given in Js. (Gl.) is inadmissible; only used as a law term]:—a witch, sorceress, in the worst sense, N. G. l. i. 70, 342, 351, Ls. 32, Korm. (in a verse), Grett. 108 new Ed.; bölvuð f., accursed witch! Fms. xi. 435.
- for-dæða
- COMPDS: fordæðumaðr, fordæðuskapr, fordæðuverk.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛏᛅᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- etym.
- etymology.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)