Afvík

Old Norwegian Dictionary - afvík

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "afvík" in Norwegian.

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

afvík: afvík, n. 1) = afhvarf; hann skyldi eigaa. nökkut (dvs. gjøre en Afstikker) austrtil hafs Didr. 13718. 2) Sted som lig-ger afsides, hvortil man kommer ved atvige af; í helvíti var þá góðra mannastaðr langt i brott ok fjarlægr illramanna píningarstöðum, sem fyrir hvíl-dar sakir, náða ok fráskilnaðar öðrumþeim var sinus kallaðr; en þat er svásem nökkut a., svá sem vér köllumfjörð eðr vík á sjó Stj. 195.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚠᚠᛁᚴ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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