Hafna

Old Norse Dictionary - hafna

Meaning of Old Norse word "hafna" in English.

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

hafna Old Norse word can mean:

hafna
að, to forsake, abandon, with dat.; hafna blótum ok heiðnum goðum, FmS. i. 33; h. fornum sið, Eb. 12; h. fornum átrúnaði, Anal. 141; h. fjándanum, K. Á. 74; h. líkamligum lystingum, 671. 4; h. boðum e-s, to disobey one’s orders, Andr. 65; h. ráði e-s, Al. 166; kýr hafnaði átinu, the cow left off eating, BS. i. 194; ef hann hafnaði sínum úkynnum, FmS. v. 218; opt hafnar mær manni fyrir litla sök, MS. 4. 6; áðr ek þér hafna, lest I forsake thee, Korm. 50 (in a verse); h. hungri, poët. to feast, FmS. xi. 138 (in a verse); h. fjörvi, to die, Hkr. i. (in a verse); h. nafni e-s, to disown one, Hallfred; hafnið Nefju nafna, ye forsake (disgrace) the namesake of Nefja, Hkr. i. (in a verse); fyrir-litinn eða hafnaðr, Stj. 157, 173: part. hafnandi forsaking, SkS. 3.
hafna
II. reflex. of cows and ewes, to conceive, to calve, lamb.
hafna
III. hafna, að, to come to anchor; or hafna sig, id.

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

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
part.
participle.
poët.
poetically.
S.
Saga.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.
reflex.
retlexive.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors cited:

Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Anal.
Analecta. (D. II.)
Andr.
Andreas Saga. (F. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
K. Á.
Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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