arfr

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)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arfr	arfrinn	arfar	arfarnir
accusative	arf	arfinn	arfa	arfana
dative	arfi	arfinum	ǫrfum	ǫrfunum
genitive	arfs	arfsins	arfa	arfanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from arfr

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”)
arftaka f (“receiving or taking possession of an inheritance”)
arftakari m (“inheritor”)

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

arfa f (“heiress”) (rare)
arfi m (“heir, heiress”)
erfa (“to inherit”)
erfð f (“inheritance”)

Synonyms

fǫðurleifð f

Descendants

Icelandic: arfur
Faroese: arvur
Norwegian Nynorsk: arv

Norwegian Bokmål: arv
Swedish: arv
Danish: arv

References

arfr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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