afl
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]afl n (genitive singular afls, nominative plural öfl)
- might, power, strength
- Synonym: þróttur
- force
- Synonym: kraftur
- energy
- Synonym: orka
- violence, force
- Synonym: ofbeldi
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- af öllu afli (“with all one's might”)
- þyngdarafl (“gravity”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]afl m (genitive singular afls, nominative plural aflar)
Declension
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably from Proto-Germanic *abalaz or *aflaz (“hearth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]afl m (genitive afls, plural aflar)
Declension
[edit] Declension of afl (strong a-stem)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “afl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- afl in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- afl in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *aflą.
Noun
[edit]afl n
Declension
[edit] Declension of afl (strong a-stem)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “afl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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