For-djarfa
Old Norse Dictionary - for-djarfa
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-djarfa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-djarfa
- að, [Germ. verderben], to disgrace, Art. 73, Fas. iii. 289: reflex. to disgrace oneself, Stj. 144, H. E. i. 514: mod. to spoil, destroy.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛏᛁᛅᚱᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Art.
- Artus-kappa Sögur. (G. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)