Offra

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Offra

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 offra

að, [Germ. opfern; Engl. offer], to make an offering, sacrifice; offra e-m e-t, Mar.: o. sik Guði, K. Á. 58.

2 offra

2. to make a gift, to present, in an eccl. sense, Al. 17: with dat. of the thing, hann offraði miklu fé til grafar Dróttins, Fms. vii. 92; offraði frú Kristín borðkeri miklu, x. 87; hann lét göra kirkju ok offraði þar til gullhring, 153; þeir vóru leiddir til altaris at offra, ix. 277: reflex., H. E. i. 405.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚠᚠᚱᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

dat.: dative.
eccl: ecclesiastical.
eccl.: ecclesiastical.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
reflex: reflexive.
reflex.: reflexive.

Works & Authors

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

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