Aflima
Old Icelandic Dictionary - aflimaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "aflima" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
aflima Old Icelandic word can mean:
- aflima
- I)
- aflima
- (að), v. to dismember, mutilate.
- aflima
- II)
- aflima
- a. indecl.
- aflima
- 1) dismembered, mutilated;
- aflima
- 2) fig., verða ~, to lose the use of one’s limbs, to become paralysed; verða e-m ~, to be parted from (ek kveð ~ orðnar þérdísir).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠᛚᛁᛘᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- indecl.
- indeclinable.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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