Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *arbaz, *arbijaz, whence also Old English ierfe, Old High German arbeo.

Noun edit

arfr m (genitive arfs, plural arfar)

  1. inheritance heritage
  2. patrimony

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

  • arfaþáttr m (section of law treating of inheritance)
  • arfborinn (by birth entitled to inherit; legitimate)
  • arfdeild f (partition of an inheritance)
  • arfgengr (entitled to inherit)
  • arfrán n (unjust taking of one's inheritance)
  • arfsal n (cession of right of inheritance)
  • arfskipti n (partition of an inheritance)
  • arfskot n (fraud in matters of inheritance)
  • arfsvik n pl (taking away one's inheritance)
  • arfsókn f (suit in a case of inheritance)
  • arftakari m (inheritor)
  • arftaka f (receiving or taking possession of an inheritance)
  • arftaki m (inheritor)
  • arftekja f (receiving or taking possession of an inheritance)
  • arftœki n (receiving or taking possession of an inheritance)
  • arftœkr (entitled to inherit)
  • arfván f (expectancy of inheritance)
  • arfþegi m (heir)

Related terms edit

  • arfa f (heiress) (rare)
  • arfi m (heir, heiress)
  • erfa (to inherit)
  • erfð f (inheritance)

Descendants edit

  • Danish: arv
  • Icelandic: arfur
  • Faroese: arvur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: arv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: arv
  • Swedish: arv
  • Danish: arv

References edit

  • arfr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press