Sængar-för
Old Norse Dictionary - sængar-för
Meaning of Old Norse word "sængar-för" (or sængar-fǫr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sængar-för (sængar-fǫr)
- (mod. sængr-för), f. id., H. E. i. 492; kona hans var þá önduð af sængrför, Vígl. 53 new Ed. (vellum of the 14th century).
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sængar-för may be more accurately written as sængar-fǫr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚾᚴᛅᚱ-ᚠᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)