Yfir-gefa
Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-gefa
Meaning of Old Norse word "yfir-gefa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- yfir-gefa
- gaf, [Germ. übergeben], to forsake, abandon, Fas. ii. 420 (a vellum of the 15th century), freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᛁᚱ-ᚴᛁᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)