Jafna
Old Norse Dictionary - jafna
Meaning of Old Norse word "jafna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- jafna
- u, f. [O. H. G. epani; Germ. ebene], level ground, a plain, Lat. planities; hann flýði af hálsinum ofan á jöfnu, Hkr. i. 151; er þar þriggja mílna för af jöfnu til þorpsins, Greg. 80; koma niðr á jöfnu, Stj. 380, Róm. 272.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚠᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
Works & Authors cited:
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)