Hálfna

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hálfna

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hálfna

að, to have half done with a thing; er þeir höfðu hálfnað sundit, Fær. 173: to be half gone or past, Fms. iii. 81, Bret. ch. 13, Sd. ch. 22 (slain the half of it); dagr, nótt, vegr er hálfnaðr, the day, night, way is half past.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛅᛚᚠᚾᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
ch.: chapter.

Works & Authors

Bret.: Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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