Definitions
Definitions
1 NEFST
f. (nepst), [Swed. näfst], a penalty, chastisement; undir Heilagrar kirkju nefst ok refsing, Munk. 72, D. N. v. 785: en er verra, þat er vita þykkjumk, niðja stríð um nept, my mind bodes me still worse things, a sore retribution to thy sons (a bitter fratricidal strife), Skv. 2. 8, for this must be the true sense of this contested passage; nept for nepst may be right by analogy of heipt and heipst; the word is altogether obsolete in Iceland, but is still in use in Sweden.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
NEFST
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "NEFST" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).