Fórna
Old Norse Dictionary - fórna
Meaning of Old Norse word "fórna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fórna can mean:fórna
- fórna
- að, to offer, with acc. of the offering, dat. of the person; fórna mér reykelsi, Stj. 431; mörr er fórnaðr, 430. 1 Sam. ii. 16; þá hluti er hann vildi fórna, 410; fórna þik Guði, offer thee to God, 407: to offer as a present, Fms. ix. 450, Al. 96: in mod. usage, with dat. of the offering and the Deity, e. g. fórna Guði bænum sínum.
- fórna
- 2. the phrase, fórna höndum, to lift the hands to heaven as in prayer, or to wring the hands as in agony; that this phrase was also known to the ancients may be inferred from the compd, fórnar-hendr, f. pl. offering hands, uplifted hands, Magn. 514.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)