For-garðr
Old Norse Dictionary - for-garðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-garðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-garðr
- m. a ‘fore-yard,’ the fore-court of a house, Fsm. 2, 3: the metaph. phrase, vera á forgörðum (mod. fara að forgörðum), of stores, to go out of doors, i. e. to be wasted and squandered, Fas. iii. 51.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚴᛅᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fsm.
- Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)