Af-kárligr

Old Norse Dictionary - af-kárligr

Meaning of Old Norse word "af-kárligr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

af-kárligr
adj. = afkárr, Lex. Poët.; now freq. afkáralegr, adj. and -lega, adv. of manners, odd, like a madman.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᚴᛅᚱᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
adv.
adverb.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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