Af-runi
Old Norse Dictionary - af-runi
Meaning of Old Norse word "af-runi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word af-runi can mean:af-runi
- af-runi
- a, m. [runi, renna], deviation; metaph. sin, trespasses; umbót ok iðran afruna (gen.), 125. 174; iðrun fyrir görva afruna (acc. pl.), id.; tárfelling er hann hefir fyrir afruna þá, er verða í þessa heims lífi, id. 184.
- af-runi
- β. injury, offence, D. n. iii. 367 (Fr.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᚱᚢᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.