erfingi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrviɲcɪ/

Noun

erfingi m (genitive singular erfingja, nominative plural erfingjar)

1. heir, successor

   Synonym: arfi

Declension

Declension of erfingi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	erfingi	erfinginn	erfingjar	erfingjarnir
accusative	erfingja	erfingjann	erfingja	erfingjana
dative	erfingja	erfingjanum	erfingjum	erfingjunum
genitive	erfingja	erfingjans	erfingja	erfingjanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to arfr (“patrimony, inheritance”).

Noun

erfingi m (genitive erfingja, plural erfingjar)

1. heir, inheritor

Declension

Declension of erfingi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	erfingi	erfinginn	erfingjar	erfingjarnir
accusative	erfingja	erfingjann	erfingja	erfingjana
dative	erfingja	erfingjanum	erfingjum	erfingjunum
genitive	erfingja	erfingjans	erfingja	erfingjanna

Further reading

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