Með-ferð

Old Norse Dictionary - með-ferð

Meaning of Old Norse word "með-ferð"

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

með-ferð
f. management; vandhæfi mun þér þykkja á meðferðinni Korm. 82; góðr meðferðar, easy to manage, Landn. 94, v. l.; til meðferðar, to manage, Fms. i. 256; veita e-m e-t til meðferðar, to give it into one’s keeping, Dipl. v. 24; þau kúgildi sem hann reiknaði í sinni meðferð, which he had in his keeping, iii. 13; hafa sök at meðferð, to have a case to manage, Grág. ii. 41; var konungi þá kunnigt hverja m. ek hafða, how I did behave, Eg. 65, Barl. 90, 105; hafa meðferðar, to have about oneself, in one’s keeping, Mar., Bs. i. 715, 866.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
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