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.)