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afa

English: "dust". DTLHS (talk) 20:13, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

This was added without a language header when the page was created in 2005, a few months later in this edit, someone added a the English language header. It's been there ever since. --WikiTiki89 20:31, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

All the other definitions added by the same ip (62.74.6.194 (talk)) at the time, have since been deleted. --WikiTiki89 20:35, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

It looks to me like two of the other definitions they added (here and here) were added again - it's just that now they're at Afer#Latin and affor#Latin. Could it be that afa was supposed to be a Latin word too? Mr. Granger (talk) 21:10, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

I took it to mean the Latin alphabet, but I may have been wrong. --WikiTiki89 21:32, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Excellent observation, Mr Granger. This Latin dictionary does have afa as a 3rd-to-5th century, 1st declension feminine noun meaning 'dust'. And Thomas J. Heffernan's The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity has some notes on the word: "in the dust (in afa). The Latin is a borrowing of a less-common Greek term for a fine dust sprinkled on the body during athletic contests (see LSJ, s.v. ἀφή, […] )." - -sche (discuss) 23:10, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

I've added a citation and switched the entry to Latin. - -sche (discuss) 23:26, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Struck as resolved. - -sche (discuss) 19:33, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Old Norse

What's the reference for hatred being afa in Old Norse? The etymology is missing and I can't find any other references than https://glosbe.com/non/en/afa .