Frá-sögn
Old Norse Dictionary - frá-sögn
Meaning of Old Norse word "frá-sögn" (or frá-sǫgn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word frá-sögn can mean:frá-sögn
- frá-sögn (frá-sǫgn)
- f. = frásaga, 625. 83, Sturl. i. 1, Hkr. i. 1, Skálda 159; vera til frásagnar um e-t, to regret a thing, Ísl. ii. 267, Nj. 97, Orkn. 202.
- frá-sögn (frá-sǫgn)
- COMPDS: frásagnamaðr, frásagnarverðr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, frá-sögn may be more accurately written as frá-sǫgn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛅ-ᛋᚢᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)