arfr
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *arbaz, *arbijaz, whence also Old English ierfe, Old High German arbeo.
Noun
arfr m (genitive arfs, plural arfar)
Declension
Declension of arfr (strong a-stem)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- arfaþáttr m (“section of law treating of inheritance”)
- arfborinn (“by birth entitled to inherit; legitimate”)
- arfdeild f (“partition of an inheritance”)
- arfgengr (“entitled to inherit”)
- arfrán n (“unjust taking of one's inheritance”)
- arfsal n (“cession of right of inheritance”)
- arfskipti n (“partition of an inheritance”)
- arfskot n (“fraud in matters of inheritance”)
- arfsvik n pl (“taking away one's inheritance”)
- arfsókn f (“suit in a case of inheritance”)
- arftakari m (“inheritor”)
- arftaka f (“receiving or taking possession of an inheritance”)
- arftaki m (“inheritor”)
- arftekja f (“receiving or taking possession of an inheritance”)
- arftœki n (“receiving or taking possession of an inheritance”)
- arftœkr (“entitled to inherit”)
- arfván f (“expectancy of inheritance”)
- arfþegi m (“heir”)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “arfr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press