Definitions
Definitions
1 athafnar-maðr
and athafna-, m. a busy enterprising man, Hkr. ii. 255, Fær. 209. In a bad sense, a laughing-stock; göra e-n at athafnarmanni, to make a butt of him, Sturl. i. 24, 181, this last sense seems to be peculiar to the first and second part (þáttr) of the Sturl., which were not written by Sturla himself, but by an unknown author.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
athafnar-maðr
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "athafnar-maðr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).