Erfa
Old Norse Dictionary - erfa
Meaning of Old Norse word "erfa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word erfa can mean:erfa
- erfa
- ð, with acc. to honour with a funeral feast, cp. the Irish phrase to ‘wake’ him, Eg. 606; síðan lét Egill e. sonu sína eptir fornri síðvenju, 644, Fms. i. 161, xi. 67. 2. to inherit, N. T. and mod. writers.
- erfa
- β. metaph. in the phrase, e. e-t við e-n, to bear long malice, to grumble.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚱᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- cp.
- compare.
- mod.
- modern.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.