Af-burðr
Fornnordisk Ordbok - af-burðr
Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "af-burðr"
Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:
Fornnordiskt ord af-burðr kan betyda:af-burðr
- af-burðr
- m. (also spelt abb-), odds, balance, bias, success (cp. bera af, to prevail); kvað honum eigi annat vænna til afburðar, in order to get the better of it, Sd. 166; sá hann at engi varð afburðrinn, they fought ‘aequo Marte,’ Sturl. ii. 74; hann ætlaði sér afburð, he meant to keep the odds in his own hand, Ísl. ii. 450; skal nú faraí haustvíking, ok vilda ek, at hon yrði eigi með minnum afburðum, less glorious, Orkn. 464.
- af-burðr
- II. gen. sing. and pl. afburðar-, a-, freq. used as a prefix in some COMPDS with the notion of gloriously, with distinction. afburðar-digr, adj. very thick, biðr. 24. afburða-fræknligr, adj. very gallant, Ísl. ii. 369. afburðar-járn, n. excellent iron, Fms. x. 173. afburðar-maðr, m. a man of mark, Rb. 316, Orkn. 474, Grett. 133, Finnb. 318. afburðar-mikill, adj. conspicuous, Fms. v. 181. afburðar-skip, n. a fine ship, Fas. iii. 106. afburðar-vel, adv. very well, Hkr. ii. 265, Fms. ix. 515. afburðar-vænn, adj. very fine, Fas. i. 182.
Möjlig runinskrift i yngre futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᛒᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Yngre futhark-runor användes från 800- till 1200-talet i Skandinavien och deras utländska bosättningar
Förkortningar som används:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- pl.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Verk & författare citerade:
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)