Yrða

afrað

nafnorð, hvorugkyn

af-rað

Merkingar

afráð, afroð, and afhroð, n. (Fas. iii. 169), [cp. Swed. afrad; from roð, rud, fundus, ager (?)].

  1. I.

    prop, a Norse and Swedish law term, tribute, ground tax, payable to the king; a. ok landaura, N. G. L. i. 257, D. N. iii. 408. So also in Vsp. 27, hvárt skyldu æsir a. gjalda, where it is opp. to gildi, league.

  2. II.

    metaph. loss, damage,

    1. 1.

      in the phrase, gjalda a., to pay a heavy fine, suffer a great loss; en þat a. munu vér gjalda, at margir munu eigi kunna frá at segja hvárir sigrast, there will be so heavy a loss in men, such a havoc in killed, Nj. 197 (where most MSS. read afroð, some afrað, Ed. afrauð); töluðu þeir opt um málaferlin, sagði Flosi, at þeir hefði mikit a. goldit þegar, 254 (MSS. afrað, afroð, and afhroð); Lýtingr mun þykjast áðr mikit a. goldit hafa í láti bræðra sinna, 155 (MSS. afrað, afroð, and afhroð), Fms. x. 324.

    2. 2.

      in the phrase, göra mikit a., to make a great havoc; görði hann mikit afhroð í sinni vörn, great slaughter, Fas. iii. 169: cp. Lex. Poët.

    3. 3.

      advice, Vtkv. 5; the verse is spurious and the meaning false.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

n.
hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
cp.
compare.
Swed.
Swedish.
opp.
opposed.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
MSS.
manuscript, manuscripts.
Ed.
edition, editions, edited.

Tilvitnuð rit

Fas.
Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Vtkv.
Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)