Af-rað
Old Norse Dictionary - af-rað
Meaning of Old Norse word "af-rað"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word af-rað can mean:af-rað
- af-rað
- afráð, afroð, and afhroð, n. (FaS. iii. 169), [cp. Swed. afrad; from roð, rud, fundus, ager (?)].
- af-rað
- I. prop, a Norse and Swedish law term, tribute, ground tax, payable to the king; a. ok landaura, n. G. L. i. 257, D. n. iii. 408. So also in Vsp. 27, hvárt skyldu æsir a. gjalda, where it is opp. to gildi, league.
- af-rað
- II. metaph. loss, damage,
- af-rað
- 1. in the phrase, gjalda a., to pay a heavy fine, suffer a great loss; en þat a. munu vér gjalda, at margir munu eigi kunna frá at segja hvárir sigrast, there will be so heavy a loss in men, such a havoc in killed, Nj. 197 (where most MSS. read afroð, some afrað, Ed. afrauð); töluðu þeir opt um málaferlin, sagði Flosi, at þeir hefði mikit a. goldit þegar, 254 (MSS. afrað, afroð, and afhroð); Lýtingr mun þykjast áðr mikit a. goldit hafa í láti bræðra sinna, 155 (MSS. afrað, afroð, and afhroð), FmS. x. 324.
- af-rað
- 2. in the phrase, göra mikit a., to make a great havoc; görði hann mikit afhroð í sinni vörn, great slaughter, FaS. iii. 169: cp. Lex. Poët.
- af-rað
- 3. advice, Vtkv. 5; the verse is spurious and the meaning false.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᚱᛅᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- opp.
- opposed.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Vtkv.
- Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)