Af-rað

Old Norse Dictionary - af-rað

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

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

af-rað Old Norse word can mean:

af-rað: afráð, afroð, and afhroð, n. (FaS. iii. 169), [cp. Swed. afrad; from roð, rud, fundus, ager (?)].

af-rað: I. prop, a Norse and Swedish law term, tribute, ground tax, payable to the king; a. ok landaura, n. G. L. i. 257, D. n. iii. 408. So also in Vsp. 27, hvárt skyldu æsir a. gjalda, where it is opp. to gildi, league.

af-rað: II. metaph. loss, damage,

af-rað: 1. in the phrase, gjalda a., to pay a heavy fine, suffer a great loss; en þat a. munu vér gjalda, at margir munu eigi kunna frá at segja hvárir sigrast, there will be so heavy a loss in men, such a havoc in killed, Nj. 197 (where most MSS. read afroð, some afrað, Ed. afrauð); töluðu þeir opt um málaferlin, sagði Flosi, at þeir hefði mikit a. goldit þegar, 254 (MSS. afrað, afroð, and afhroð); Lýtingr mun þykjast áðr mikit a. goldit hafa í láti bræðra sinna, 155 (MSS. afrað, afroð, and afhroð), FmS. x. 324.

af-rað: 2. in the phrase, göra mikit a., to make a great havoc; görði hann mikit afhroð í sinni vörn, great slaughter, FaS. iii. 169: cp. Lex. Poët.

af-rað: 3. advice, Vtkv. 5; the verse is spurious and the meaning false.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

n.: neuter.

Swed.: Swedish.

L.: Linnæus.

opp.: opposed.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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

Vtkv.: Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)

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