Framar-liga

Old Norse Dictionary - framar-liga

Meaning of Old Norse word "framar-liga"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word framar-liga can mean:framar-liga

framar-liga
contracted framarla, adv. ‘forwardly,’ in front; þá má hverr vera svá framarla sem hann vill (of ranks in battle), Fms. v.ii. 403, v. l.; lagði konungr framarla skip sitt, Eg. 33; þeir kómu svá f. í landit, went so far, Fms. xi. 360: Icel. say, framarliga í dalnum, nesinu, far off in the dale, etc., where old writers would prefer í framanverðum dalnum, nesi: f. á sjötta hundraði, high up in the sixth hundred, Sturl. iii. 84.
framar-liga
2. metaph. fully, highly, much; treysta f., to trust fully, Fms. v. 236, vi. 151; svá framarla, so far, to that point, x. 7, Hom. 40; svá f. sem, so far as, 87; sjá f. við e-u, to be fully ware of, Sks. 358; hann man f. á horfa um kvánfangit, he will look high, i. e. make great pretensions, Ld. 88.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛅᛘᛅᚱ-ᛚᛁᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adv.
adverb.
etc.
et cetera.
f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.
i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
s. v.
sub voce.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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