Nátt-fari

Old Norse Dictionary - nátt-fari

Meaning of Old Norse word "nátt-fari"

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

nátt-fari
a, m. a night-traveller; fara dagfari ok náttfari, to travel day and night, Fms. i. 203, ix. 513, v. l.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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