Út-för
Old Norse Dictionary - út-för
Meaning of Old Norse word "út-för" (or út-fǫr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word út-för can mean:út-för
- út-för (út-fǫr)
- f. = útferð; hann sviku Blaku-menn í útfaru, Baut.; út-farar skip, an outward-bound ship, esp. for Palestine, Fms. x. 120, Orkn. 322, 334; útfarar drápa, a poem on a voyage to Palestine, Fms. viii. 207; útfarar-saga, vi. 355: a journey to Iceland, Grág. ii. 408; skal konungr ráða útförum várum, Gþl. 76.
- út-för (út-fǫr)
- 2. as a law phrase, a levy for service out of the kingdom; útfara-bálkr, Gþl.; Íslendingar eru skyldir útfarar með Noregs konungi, Grág. ii. 408; útfara leiðangr, H. E. i. 414.
- út-för (út-fǫr)
- 3. a burial; var hennar útför gör sæmilig eptir fornum sið, Fas. i. 463, Þórð. 59, Pass. 49. 19; útfarar-minning, a memorial.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, út-för may be more accurately written as út-fǫr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛏ-ᚠᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Baut.
- Bautil. (K. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)