Kafna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kafna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kafna" in Norwegian.

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

kafna: kafna, v. (að) 1) kvæles. Post. 7630. 773(Ap. Gj. 15, 20. 29); kafna í sandfokiAlex. 511; kafna í stofureyk Grett.8816; sögðu, at Kvásir hefði kafnat ímannviti SE. I, 21619; hann var sváþungr, at engum hesti mátti hann ríðaallan dag út, svá at eigi kafnaði eðaspryngi Fld. III, 7421; börnin þeirralét hann binda undir brjóst þeim (nl.Mødrene) svá fast, at þau kafna þar okspringa Gyð. 524 (2 Macc. 6, 10). 2) synke,gaa til Bunds; nær kafnaði skipit afáföllum Post. 32421.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛆᚠᚿᛆ
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:

acc.: accusativ.

c.: Capitel.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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