arfkaup

Old Norse

Etymology

From arfr (“inheritance”) +‎ kaup (“purchase”).

Noun

arfkaup m

1. sum paid of another's expectation of inheritance

Declension

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

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