Af-tak

Signification du mot vieux norrois "af-tak"

Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :

Le mot vieux norrois af-tak peut signifier :af-tak

af-tak

n.

af-tak

1. gener. taking away, B. K. 108.

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2. ‘taking off’ (Shaksp.), slaying, executing; hvat hann vill bjóða fyrir a. Geirsteins, compensation for the slaughter of G., Fms. vii. 360; en a. hans (slaying) segja eigi allir einum hætti, x. 390; með aftaki Ólafs, by slaying him, 195; um manna aftök, executions, Gþl. 137: cp. aftaka, and taka af, to execute, behead.

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3. in pl. commonly used of,

af-tak

α. flat denial, in such phrases as, hafa aftök um e-t, to deny flatly. In some compds this signification can be traced, as in aftaka-minni, Fms. i. 139.

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β. it is also now used in many compds of whatever is excessive, above all measure, e. g. aftaka-veðr, a hurricane.

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COMPDS: aftaksskjöldr, aftakamaðr, aftakaminni.

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