Ofn
Old Norse Dictionary - ofn
Meaning of Old Norse word "ofn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ofn can mean:ofn
- ofn
- m., spelt omn, Blas. 46; an older form ogn, Boldt 48, answering to Goth. and Swed.: [Ulf. auhns = κλίβανος; Engl. oven; Swed. ugn; Dan. ovn, kakkel-ovn; Germ. ofen; cp. Gr. ἴπν-ος]:—an oven, furnace, esp. in Norway, where there are no hot springs for bathing, Rb. 386, Ver. 29, Stj. 273, Fms. vii. 245, Bs. i. 223, Eb. 47 new Ed.; stein-ofn, a furnace of bricks (?), referring to the year 1316, Bs. i. 830, where the passage may refer to warming the apartments.
- ofn
- 2. an oven for baking; gékk hón til nauðig ok bakaði í ofninum, Hom. 113; in olden times, as at the present day, baking and dairy work were in the women’s charge.
- ofn
- COMPDS: ofnseldr, ofngrjót, ofnreykr, ofnstofa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- Boldt
- Boldt. (J. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)