afgangr

Old Norse

Etymology

From af- +‎ gangr.

Noun

afgangr m

1. surplus

   með afgǫngum

   to spare

2. disease, death

Declension

Declension of afgangr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	afgangr	afgangrinn	afgangar	afgangarnir
accusative	afgang	afganginn	afganga	afgangana
dative	afgangi	afganginum	afgǫngum	afgǫngunum
genitive	afgangs	afgangsins	afganga	afganganna

Related terms

• afganga f

Descendants

• Icelandic: afgangur
• Norwegian Bokmål: avgang
• Norwegian Nynorsk: avgang
• Danish: afgang
• Swedish: avgång

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “afgangr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive