Afneita

Old Norwegian Dictionary - afneita

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "afneita" in Norwegian.

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

afneita: afneita v. (að & tt) 1) frasige sig, hvadman har havt eller brugt, m. Dat. af-neita sínum eignarvilja Heilag. II, 62337;eigi má sá vera mínn lærisveinn, semeigi afneitar öllum hlutum þeim, erhann á Heilag. II, 699; afneita veröldinniHeilag. I, 35514; a. tiltekinni trú Flat.I, 51312. 2) afslaa, vægre sig ved at gjøre,hvad der kræves, m. Dat. Vatsd. 5 (1121).Grett. 164. 3) sige sig fri for noget(sér e-t), sige, at man ikke har noget:eigi vil ek mér afneita þau mannlýtier -, þvi at ek þykkjumst allra þeirrasekr Heilag. II, 5187; vil eigi þú atafneita þér guðs gjöf (= lat. negaregratiam dei) Heilag. II, 3478.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚠᚿᚽᛁᛏᛆ
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.

Dat.: Dativ.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

v.: Verbum.

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