For-ynja
Old Norse Dictionary - for-ynja
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-ynja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word for-ynja can mean:for-ynja
- for-ynja
- u, f. an appearance or foreboding: hygg ek at þetta sé f. þín, Fb. i. 67; nú hygg ek at þetta beri þína forynju, ok sér þú svikinn, Ó. T. 3; f. eðr fyrirfari hinnar fremri tignar, Bs. i. 682.
- for-ynja
- β. a spectre, Germ. scheusal; þegi þú yfir þeim, f. (thou monster!), Ld. 326, v. l.; and so in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚢᚾᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Ó. T.
- Ólafs Saga Tryggvasonar. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)