Erfi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - erfi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "erfi" in Norwegian.

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

erfi: erfi, n. Gjestebud, Sammenkomst til enafdøds Ære, for at erfa ham. Jómsv.62 fg; efna til erfis eptir e-n Laxd.26 (683); gera erfi Fsk. 555. 12; Flat. I,1798; gera erfi e-s = gera e. eptire-n Fsk. 542; Am. 83; gera e. eptire-n Fris. 2524; Flat. I, 17916; gera e.til minningar eptir e-n Barl. 1881;bjóða e-m til erfis Eids. I, 49; Þorskf.674; Fsk. 543; bjóða e-m til erfis eptire-n Laxd. 27 (692); gengr at erfinu dvs.Arveøllet begynder, Fsk. 554; koma tilerfis Fsk. 559; vera at erfi Fsk. 5513;drekka erfi Flat. I, 17919; drekka erfie-s Flóam. 13 (13224); Laxd. 7 (929);drekka erfi at, eptir e-n Ghv. 8; Fsk.556; Flat. I, 17912.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᚱᚠᛁ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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