Til-för
Old Norse Dictionary - til-för
Meaning of Old Norse word "til-för" (or til-fǫr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- til-för (til-fǫr)
- f. the moving to a place, Grág. i. 451, ii. 334: an attack = atför (q. v.), Nj. 101, Eb. 90 new Ed., Ld. 226, Grág. ii. 37, Gullþ. 12: an execution, in civil sense, N. G. L. ii. 89.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, til-för may be more accurately written as til-fǫr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛚ-ᚠᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)