Horfinn

Old Icelandic Dictionary - horfinn

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "horfinn" in English.

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

horfinn Old Icelandic word can mean:

horfinn
pp. from hverfa I;
horfinn
1) surrounded (bœrinn var ~ mönnum);
horfinn
vera vel vinum ~, to be well backed by friends;
horfinn
vel um horfit, in good condition (þar stóð naust ok var vel um horfit);
horfinn
2) abandoned, forsaken;
horfinn
heillum ~, forsaken by luck;
horfinn
sök ~, having lost the suit;
horfinn
heraði ~, bereft of a dwelling in the district.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚱᚠᛁᚾᚾ

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