Við-fang

Old Norse Dictionary - við-fang

Meaning of Old Norse word "við-fang"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word við-fang can mean:við-fang

við-fang
n. ‘wood-stores,’ whence gener. stores; mundi eigi út leitað viðfanga ef gnógt væri inni, Nj. 115; en er þat þrýtr þá mun íllt til viðfanga, Fms. viii. 349. viðfanga-laust, n. adj. without provisions, Fms. ii. 118.
við-fang
II. [við prep.] dealing with; verri (vestr, harðr) viðfangs, Finnb. 292, Nj. 32, Fms. vii. 20.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚦ-ᚠᛅᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
gener.
generally.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
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