Afbragð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - afbragð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "afbragð" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

afbragð: afbragð, n. hvad der udmærker sig frem-for andet af samme Slags; med denGjenstand tilføjet i Gen., som ved Sam-menligning maa staa tilbage derfor: Konr. 5745; Fld. II, 4649; Sturl. I,31735; þat kalla menn konungs ger-semi, ef nökkut er annars afbragð,en þér er nú brugðit nökkut Fld. II,342; a. annarra manna í ráðum okharðfengi Fm. VI, 144; afbragð er ie-u dvs. noget udmærker sig, Grett. 141;Gen. afbragðs sættes foran andre Sub-stantiver i Betydning af særdeles, ud-mærket: afbragðs vænleikr Stj. 195;afbragðs maðr Grett. 130.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚠᛒᚱᛆᚵᚦ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

a.: accusativ.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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