For-vitna
Old Norse Dictionary - for-vitna
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-vitna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word for-vitna can mean:for-vitna
- for-vitna
- að, to pry into, enquire; f. e-t, Sks. 183 B; f. um e-t, to enquire about, 6, 182 B.
- for-vitna
- 2. reflex., forvitnask e-t, to enquire, Bret. 94, Fms. i. 147, 252, vii. 258, Eg. 764, Ld. 268: absol., Lv. 15; f. til e-s, id., Fær. 53; f. um e-t, id., Landn. 51, Grett. 96, 160.
- for-vitna
- 3. impers., e-n forvitnar e-t, or with infin., it makes one curious to know, Fær. 54, Sks. 182 B, Fas. i. 22.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚢᛁᛏᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- v.
- vide.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- infin.
- infinitive.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)