Jafni
Old Norse Dictionary - jafni
Meaning of Old Norse word "jafni"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word jafni can mean:jafni
- jafni
- 1. a, m. an equal, a match for one: of a thing, mæl til jafna (= til jafna) við e-n, Fb. i. 250: mathem. an even number, í odda en eigi í jafna, Hom. (St.)
- jafni
- 2. a, m., botan. lycopodium clavatum, a herb used by dyers, Hjalt., mentioned in Sd.; jafna-baggi, jafna-belgr, a bag full of jafni, Landn. 208.
- jafni
- COMPDS: jafnabróðir, jafnakollr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚠᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- botan.
- botanically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Hjalt.
- Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)