For-viða
Old Norse Dictionary - for-viða
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-viða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-viða
- adj. ind. [qs. forveðja, q. v.], upset in a fight, Nj. 228. 246; Gestr varð allr f. fyrir, Bárð. 43 new Ed., Róm. 150:—in mod. usage, amazed, greatly surprised.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚢᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)