arftǫkumaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From arftaka (“taking of inheritance”) +‎ maðr (“man”).

Noun

arftǫkumaðr m

1. inheritor
2. successor to an inheritance

Declension

Declension of arftǫkumaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arftǫkumaðr	arftǫkumaðrinn	arftǫkumenn	arftǫkumenninir
accusative	arftǫkumann	arftǫkumanninn	arftǫkumenn	arftǫkumennina
dative	arftǫkumanni	arftǫkumanninum	arftǫkumǫnnum	arftǫkumǫnnunum
genitive	arftǫkumanns	arftǫkumannsins	arftǫkumanna	arftǫkumannanna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “arftökumaðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 19; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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