Fyrir-heit
Old Norse Dictionary - fyrir-heit
Meaning of Old Norse word "fyrir-heit"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fyrir-heit
- n. a promise, Fms. i. 217: esp. in a sacred sense, Stj., Rb. 336, n. T. passim: a presage, Fms. vi. 63, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᛁᚱ-ᚼᛁᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)