For-sending
Old Norse Dictionary - for-sending
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-sending"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-sending
- f. a sending one to certain death, a dangerous mission, Eg. 540, Fms. iii. 68, Hkr. ii. 76, iii. 104 (where forsenda).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛋᛁᚾᛏᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)