Furða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - furðaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "furða" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
furða Old Icelandic word can mean:
- furða
- I)
- furða
- (-að), v.
- furða
- 1) to wonder;
- furða
- 2) to forebode, with dat.; illu mun f., ef, it will bode ill, if.
- furða
- II)
- furða
- f.
- furða
- 1) foreboding, omen; góðs (ills) f., good (bad) omen;
- furða
- 2) strange (wonderful) thing; ekki er þetra nein f., ’tis nothing strange.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᚦᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
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