fórna
sagnorð
Merkingar
að, to offer, with acc. of the offering, dat. of the person; fórna mér reykelsi, Stj. 431; mörr er fórnaðr, 430. 1 Sam. ii. 16; þá hluti er hann vildi fórna, 410; fórna þik Guði, offer thee to God, 407: to offer as a present, Fms. ix. 450, Al. 96: in mod. usage, with dat. of the offering and the Deity, e. g. fórna Guði bænum sínum.
- 2.
the phrase, fórna höndum, to lift the hands to heaven as in prayer, or to wring the hands as in agony; that this phrase was also known to the ancients may be inferred from the compd, fórnar-hendr, f. pl. offering hands, uplifted hands, Magn. 514.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- acc.
- þolfall (e. accusative)
- dat.
- þágufall (e. dative)
- mod.
- modern.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Magn.
- Magnús saga jarls. (E. II.)