Auknefni

Old Norwegian Dictionary - auknefni

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "auknefni" in Norwegian.

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

auknefni: auknefni, n. = aukanafn (nt. okelname(jvf gn. œxla) Bartsch Germania XXIII,9 fg); eigi er ek bastarðr nema atauknefni Flat. III, 4641; svartr á hárok hörund, ok því þótti honum auknefnigefit, er hann var birtingr kallaðr Fm.VII, 157; þótti þeim Þóralfr heldr íáleitni við sik, ok gaf þeim auknefni(&vl viðrnefni) ok kallaði dúnvöttuSturl. I, 3836; Helgi átti kenningarnafnok var kallaðr hvítr, ok var honumauknefni, því at hann var vænn maðrok var vel hærðr, hvítr á hár Flat.II, 156. Heraf og af Kgs. 63 (se underaukanafn) sees at medens kenningar-nafn betegner et Navn som svarer tilPersonens virkelige Egenskaber eller Stil-ling, var dette ikke Tilfælde, eller behøvedeikke at være det med aukanafn, auknefni,og da den hvem dette tillagdes, ofte fikbære det sig til Skam og Spot (jvfFlat. III, 4641), fastsatte Grág. 3921Straf for at tillægge nogen auknefni.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚢᚴᚿᚽᚠᚿᛁ
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:

gn.: gammelnorsk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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