Þing-för
Old Norse Dictionary - þing-för
Meaning of Old Norse word "þing-för" (or þing-fǫr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þing-för can mean:þing-för
- þing-för (þing-fǫr)
- f. = þingferð, Grág. i. 46, ii. 34; um þingfarir, at the season of alþing, Grett. 136 A (um þing Ed.)
- þing-för (þing-fǫr)
- COMPDS: þingfararbalkr, þingfararfé, þingfararkaup.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þing-för may be more accurately written as þing-fǫr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚾᚴ-ᚠᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)