Af-kárligr
Old Norse Dictionary - af-kárligr
Meaning of Old Norse word "af-kárligr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- af-kárligr
- adj. = afkárr, Lex. Poët.; now freq. afkáralegr, adj. and -lega, adv. of manners, odd, like a madman.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᚴᛅᚱᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.