Afnám

Old Icelandic Dictionary - afnám

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "afnám" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

afnám Old Icelandic word can mean:

afnám
n.
afnám
1) taking away, extirpation, destruction;
afnám
2) at ~i, by reservation (before division of property, spoil, or inheritance);
afnám
3) loss (ef hann verðr at skaða þeim mönnum, er oss mun þykkja ~ í);
afnám
4) surplus.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠᚾᛅᛘ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

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