arftaka

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• arftekja

Etymology

From arfr (“inheritance”) +‎ taka (“to take”).

Noun

arftaka f (genitive arftǫku)

1. receiving, or taking possession of, an inheritance

Declension

Declension of arftaka (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arftaka	arftakan	arftǫkur	arftǫkurnar
accusative	arftǫku	arftǫkuna	arftǫkur	arftǫkurnar
dative	arftǫku	arftǫkunni	arftǫkum	arftǫkunum
genitive	arftǫku	arftǫkunnar	arftakna	arftaknanna

Derived terms

• arftǫkukarl
• arftǫkumaðr

Related terms

• arftaki
• arftekinn
• arftœki
• arftœkr

Further reading

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