Öfunda
Old Norse Dictionary - öfunda
Meaning of Old Norse word "öfunda" (or ǫfunda)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- öfunda (ǫfunda)
- að, to envy, bear malice; with acc, ö. e-n, e-t, Fb. i. 91. Fms. xi. 427, Barl. 50, Nj. 47, Ld. 94, and so in mod. usage: with dat. (a Latinism invidere a-i), Stj., Hom.: impers., mik öfundar e-t, Barl. 116.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, öfunda may be more accurately written as ǫfunda.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᚢᚾᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)