Forverk

Old Icelandic Dictionary - forverk

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "forverk" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

forverk Old Icelandic word can mean:

forverk
n.
forverk
1) work done in another’s service;
forverk
2) harvest of hay;
forverk
3) hireling’s work; gera ekki ~um við e-n, not to treat one meanly.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᚢᛁᚱᚴ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

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