Jafna
Old Icelandic Dictionary - jafnaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "jafna" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
jafna Old Icelandic word can mean:
- jafna
- I)
- jafna
- (að), v.
- jafna
- 1) to cut even, to trim (mörum sínum mön ~ði);
- jafna
- 2) to make equal;
- jafna
- 3) to divide in equal shares (j. ríki með sér);
- jafna
- 4) j. e-u til e-s, við e-t, to compare (liken) one thing with (to) another; j. e-u saman, to compare, set of one thing against another (var þá ~t saman vígum);
- jafna
- 5) refl., ~st við e-n, ~st e-m, to even oneself with, call oneself a match for, another; j. orðum við e-n, to bandy words with one.
- jafna
- II)
- jafna
- f. level ground, plain (hann flýði af hálsinum ofan á jöfnu).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚠᚾᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- e-u
- einhverju.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- f.
- feminine.
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