Aukanafn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - aukanafn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "aukanafn" in Norwegian.

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

aukanafn
aukanafn, n. Navn som en faar at bæreforuden det han har før (jvf auka nafne-s), = auknefni (jvf kenningarnafn);þessir konungsmenn, er nú skulumvið um rœða, þá hafa þau aukanöfnmeð húskarlanafni, at þeir heita hirð-menn, en þat nafn er sumum rétt gefit,en mörgum er þat aukanafn Kgs. 634.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚢᚴᛆᚿᛆᚠᚿ
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:

n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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