At-fang
Old Norse Dictionary - at-fang
Meaning of Old Norse word "at-fang"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- at-fang
- n. [fá at, to provide], only in pl., provisions, victuals, Bs. i. 130. Esp. used with dagr, or kveld, of the eve of great festivals, and partic. that of Yule: atfanga-dagr, pronounced affanga, m., a. Jóla, Yule Eve, Christmas Eve, Grett. 97, 140, Fms. ii. 37, Ísl. ii. 232, Orkn. 186 old Ed., where the new Ed. p. 242 reads atfangs- (in sing.), which is very rare, Þórð. 11. atfangadags-kveld, n. Christmas Eve, Bárð. 176. atfanga-maðr, m. = atdráttamaðr, Grett. 119 A.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏ-ᚠᛅᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- partic.
- particularly.
- pl.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Esp.
- Espólin Árbækr Íslands.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)