Aldauða-arfr
Old Norse Dictionary - aldauða-arfrMeaning of Old Norse word "aldauða-arfr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- aldauða-arfr
- m. a law term, an inheritance to which there is no heir alive, Gþl. 282, n. G. l. i. 49; cp. Hkv. Hjörv. 11, where aldauðraarfr is a mis-reading; the meaning of the passage hyggsk a. ráða is, that he would destroy them to the last man.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛏᛅᚢᚦᛅ-ᛅᚱᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)