Af-setning
Old Norse Dictionary - af-setning
Meaning of Old Norse word "af-setning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- af-setning
- f. and afsetningr, m. deposition, (off-setting, cp. Scot. ‘aff-set,’ Jam., which means dismissal, the act of putting away), H. E. ii. 74, 523.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᛋᛁᛏᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)