Hæfi
Old Norse Dictionary - hæfi
Meaning of Old Norse word "hæfi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hæfi
- n. fitness; vera við e-s hæfi, to fit one, be convenient, what one can wield, Eg. 109, Fas. ii. 521; ó-hæfi, what is unfit, monstrous. hæfis-liga, adv. fitly, Flóv. 22.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Flóv.
- Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)