Þrif-semi
Old Norse Dictionary - þrif-semi
Meaning of Old Norse word "þrif-semi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þrif-semi can mean:þrif-semi
- þrif-semi
- f. a good estate, Hom. 66; augu mín sjá þ. þína, thy salvation, id.
- þrif-semi
- 2. thrift; em ek þó skjótt aflandi á verkum mínum ok þ., Njarð. 366.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᚠ-ᛋᛁᛘᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Njarð.
- Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)