Af-nám
Old Norse Dictionary - af-námMeaning of Old Norse word "af-nám" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
af-nám Old Norse word can mean:
- af-nám
- n. gener. taking away, removal, Stj. 2 Sam. iv. II.
- af-nám
- β. esp. in the phrase, at afnámi, of something reserved, before the division of spoil, property, or inheritance; now, taka af óskiptu, Dan. forlods, Grág, i. 330, 336, Jb. 289 (Ed. af námi); konungr skildi hafa úr hlutskipti þriðjung við liðsmenn, en umfram at afnámi bjórskinn öll ok safala, Eg. 57.
- af-nám
- 2. metaph. privation, loss; ok hann verðr at skaða þeim mönnum nokkrunn, er oss mun þykkja a. í, Eg. 114, Fms. vii. 244.
- af-nám
- COMPDS: afnámsfé, afnámsgripr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᚾᛅᛘ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gener.
- generally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- esp.
- especially.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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