Sel-för
Old Norse Dictionary - sel-för
Meaning of Old Norse word "sel-för" (or sel-fǫr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sel-för (sel-fǫr)
- f. the keeping cattle in a sel, Grág. ii. 277, Eg. 765, Landn. 95, in both passages used as mod. sel-staða: a right to keep a sel in a pasture, kirkja á selför á Flateyjar-heiði fjórum kúm, ú Balafelli, á Neðravöll, Heydal, Pm. 92, 71, Vm. 18, Dipl, v. 26.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sel-för may be more accurately written as sel-fǫr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛚ-ᚠᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)