Af-setning

Old Norse Dictionary - af-setning

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

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

af-setning
f. and afsetningr, m. deposition, (off-setting, cp. Scot. ‘aff-set,’ Jam., which means dismissal, the act of putting away), H. E. ii. 74, 523.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.
Scot.
Scottish.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
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