Auð-æfi
Old Norse Dictionary - auð-æfiMeaning of Old Norse word "auð-æfi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- auð-æfi
- qs. auðöfi, n. pl. [‘auðr,’ opes, and ‘of;’ = ofa-fé, q. v.; Lat. opes], opulence, abundance, wealth, riches, in the Grág. freq. = means of subsistence, emoluments, i. 269, 277 (twice), ii. 213, cp. Íb. 16, where it means emoluments: in the proper sense wealth, Hkr. i. 13, where it means gold and treasures, Sks. 334, 442; veg ok a., power and wealth, Greg. 23; himnesk a., Joh. 21; jarðlig a., Greg. 32. Matth. vi. 19, 20; mörg a., Eluc. 53, Hom. 151, etc.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚦ-ᛅᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)