Erfingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - erfingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "erfingi" in Norwegian.

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

erfingi: erfingi, m. 1) Person som skal tage Arvefter en, = arfi; erfingi e-s Grág. 715, 8.727. 4132; Grg. I, 236 fg; Landsl. 5,69. 11; Sturl. I, 2356 fg 12; Y. gerðisterfingi Abrahams bæði at auðœfumok mannkostum Pr. 7322; þú skyldireptir mína daga vera erfingi allrarmínnar sælu ok sœmdar Barl. 11122. 2) Livsarving, Søn, Barn; áttu mikitfé ok engan erfingja - keyptu síðanat fjölkungum mönnum, at móðir mínyrði kviðug OT. 364; ef þit eigit erf-ingja dvs. faa Barn sammen, Nj. 2 (325);mista ek búanda míns svát víð áttomengi erfingja Post. 12931; þau óru velsaman ok lengi, ok var þeim eigi erf-ingja auðit, því at Elisabet var óbyrjaen fyrra hlut æfi sínnar Post. 84229(Luc. 1, 7); ef E. konungr á erfingja eptirsik, þá sé þeir erfingjar eptir hann atþví ríki, en ef hann á engan son eptirsik, skal hverfa aptr til þeirra brœðraFlat. II, 13326 fgg; því at þau áttuengan erfingja, miðluðu þau sínn miklafjárlut þeim mönnum, sem guð óttuðust-, þar næst skipuðu þau - af fyrrnefndri barnleysis sök sjalfan guð sínnerfingja Heilag. I, 5476 fgg

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᚱᚠᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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:

c.: Capitel.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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