Arfr
Old Norse Dictionary - arfr
Meaning of Old Norse word "arfr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word arfr can mean:arfr
- arfr
- s, m. [Ulf. arbi, neut.; A. S. yrfe.] It originally meant cattle, pecus, pecunia, as may be inferred from the A. S. orf = pecus, cattle, and yrfe = opes; Hel. arf and urf; Ormul. errfe; v. Ihre, GlossaR., and Grimm R. A. p. 467. Edda (Gl.) also mentions an arfi or arfr, bos, v. above.
- arfr
- I. inheritance, patrimony; taka arf eptir e-n, Grág. i. 170, 178; hon á allan arf eptir mik, is my sole heir, Nj. 3, Eb. 162, Gþl. 252.
- arfr
- II. a bull, v. above.
- arfr
- COMPDS: arfsskipti, arfaþáttR.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- neut.
- neuter.
- Ormul.
- Ormulum.
- R.
- Rimur.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)