Definitions
Definitions
1 af-tak
n.
2 af-tak
1. gener. taking away, B. K. 108.
3 af-tak
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.
4 af-tak
3. in pl. commonly used of,
5 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.
6 af-tak
β. it is also now used in many compds of whatever is excessive, above all measure, e. g. aftaka-veðr, a hurricane.
7 af-tak
COMPDS: aftaksskjöldr, aftakamaðr, aftakaminni.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
af-tak
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "af-tak" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).