Nefi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nefi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nefi" in Norwegian.

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

nefi
nefi, m. Brodersøn eller Søstersøn tillige-med disses Efterkommere, Ætlinger, saaog vel Farbroder og Morbroder i deresSlægtskabsforhold til hine (ags. nefa,neva = lat. nepos Wright-Wülcker I,17328. 31043. 5387; ght. nefo, nebo GraffII, 1052; mht. neve Mhd. Wb. II, 1,331b52 fg; mnt. neve Mnd. Wb. III, 181644;mlat. nepos Du Cange II, 2, 736 fg; fr.neveu, gfr. nieps, nies Godefroy V, 497;ital. nepote; nht. neffe DWb. VII, 51971.52014 fgg 18 fgg); ef vegandi biðr sér griðanás nið eða nefa Grág. 30513.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᚽᚠᛁ
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:

fr.
fransk.
ital.
italiensk.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
mlat.
Latinsk eller Mibbelalderens Sprog.
s.
substantiv.

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