Fyrir-gefning
Old Norse Dictionary - fyrir-gefning
Meaning of Old Norse word "fyrir-gefning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fyrir-gefning
- f. forgiveness, Rb. 336, Th. 78, Fms. viii. 442, Stj. 110, N. T. passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᛁᚱ-ᚴᛁᚠᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)