atfǫr

Old Norse

Etymology

From at- +‎ fǫr.

Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɑtfɒr/

Noun

atfǫr f (genitive farar, plural farar or farir)

1. proceedings, method
2. attack
3. (law) execution

Declension

Declension of atfǫr (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	atfǫr	atfǫrin	atfarar, atfarir	atfararnar, atfarirnar
accusative	atfǫr	atfǫrina	atfarar, atfarir	atfararnar, atfarirnar
dative	atfǫr	atfǫrinni	atfǫrum	atfǫrunum
genitive	atfarar	atfararinnar	atfara	atfaranna

Derived terms

• atfaralaust (“without onslaught or armed aggression”)
• atfarardómr m (“sentence of execution”)
• atfararþing n (“court of execution”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: atför

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “atför”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 23; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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• “atfǫr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen