Hálfna
Old Norse Dictionary - hálfna
Meaning of Old Norse word "hálfna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hálfna
- að, to have half done with a thing; er þeir höfðu hálfnað sundit, Fær. 173: to be half gone or past, Fms. iii. 81, Bret. ch. 13, Sd. ch. 22 (slain the half of it); dagr, nótt, vegr er hálfnaðr, the day, night, way is half past.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛚᚠᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)