Overdrift

Old Danish Dictionary - overdrift

Meaning of Old Danish word "Overdrift", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Overdrift can mean:

  • no. = overdrev; the toBther oc iørdzmoner ... nyde oe beboldhe till theriss quæg fore overdriit (1500). Fynske Aktstk.I. 99; (1562). Rosenv., G1.D. II. 318 (se ovf. [II 282 b.s4); ager compascuus, fellet, okuerdrifit. Colding, Etymol. 889, 1094 (u. saltus): Nucl, latinit. 1181; offverdrifft er den våmarck, som sambtlig byemænd baffve tilfellitz. A. Berntsen. 1.36: jmellem Kongeweyen oe Østerfællids offuerdrifft (1682). Kbhvas Dipl. I. 757, 787. Smlgn. oredrift ovt. og forstavelsens overgang i nverager (-drev).

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚠᚽᚱᚦᚱᛁᚠᛏ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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