Nafnaskipti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nafnaskipti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nafnaskipti" in Norwegian.

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

nafnaskipti
nafnaskipti, n. 1) Navnebytte hvorved en faar, antager et andet Navn, end han tid-ligere har baaret; Abraham tók nafna-skipti með skurðarskírn Hom. 868. 2) Navnebytte hvorved to Personer bytteNavn indbyrdes og tage hinandens Navne istedetfor at bære sine egne. Forns. Suðrl.16934.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛆᚠᚿᛆᛋᚴᛁᛕᛏᛁ
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:

m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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