arfkaup
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From arfr (“inheritance”) + kaup (“purchase”).
Noun
[edit]arfkaup m
- sum paid of another's expectation of inheritance
Declension
[edit] Declension of arfkaup (strong a-stem)
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | arfkaup | arfkaupit | arfkaup | arfkaupin |
| accusative | arfkaup | arfkaupit | arfkaup | arfkaupin |
| dative | arfkaupi | arfkaupinu | arfkaupum | arfkaupunum |
| genitive | arfkaups | arfkaupsins | arfkaupa | arfkaupanna |
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “arfkaup”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive