Arfuni
Old Norse Dictionary - arfuni
Meaning of Old Norse word "arfuni"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- arfuni
- a, m. [an old obsol. form], an heir, Edda 108 and in the compd skaporfoni (the vowel change is caused by the following o), legal heir, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱᚠᚢᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- obsol.
- obsolete.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)