Ör-æfi
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-æfi
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-æfi" (or ǫr-æfi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ör-æfi can mean:ör-æfi
- ör-æfi (ǫr-æfi)
- n., qs. ör-hœfi, Mork. l. c.; in old writers used in sing.; [from its use in old writers it seems as if it were derived from ör- neg. and höfn, a haven]:—an open, harbourless coastland, in old writers used almost exclusively in this sense; fyrir hafnleysis sakir ok öræfis, Landn. 276; ef skip er í öræfi komit, Jb. 381; hann lét göra þar virki ok höfn er áðr var öræfi, Fms. vii. 100; örhœli ok hafnleysur, Mork. l. c.; ok veita strandir þar í mörgum stöðum hafnir er fyrr var örœfi, Sks. 11 new Ed.; sandar, örœfi ok brim mikit fyrir útan, Hkr. i. 229.
- ör-æfi (ǫr-æfi)
- 2. a wilderness; komast um síðir ór öræfi þessu, of a mountain, Bs. i. 200: in mod. usage plur. a desert, wilderness.
- ör-æfi (ǫr-æfi)
- II. in local names, Öræfa-jökull or Öræfi, n. pl., is the local name of the open, unsheltered coastland of southern Iceland, the present Skaptafells-sýsla.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-æfi may be more accurately written as ǫr-æfi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᛅᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- n.
- neuter.
- neg.
- negative.
- qs.
- quasi.
- sing.
- singular.
- mod.
- modern.
- plur.
- plural.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)