afbrýði
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse afbrýði, afbrygði.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editafbrýði f (genitive singular afbrýði, no plural)
Declension
editdeclension of afbrýði
f-w2 | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | afbrýði | afbrýðin |
accusative | afbrýði | afbrýðina |
dative | afbrýði | afbrýðinni |
genitive | afbrýði | afbrýðinnar |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editOld Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom af- + brúðr (“bride”) + -i (“abstract noun suffix”), originally “jealousy of another’s bride”.
Noun
editafbrýði f
- jealousy
- Synonym: ǫfund
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, stanza 11:
- Vasa þat bært, / at Bera skyldi
valsǿfendr / vígs of hvetja,
þá’s brǿðr tveir / at bǫnum urðusk
óþurfendr / of afbrýði.- It was not right, that Bera should incite the slaughters of the slain [WARRIORS] to fight, when the two brothers became each other’s banemen, needlessly, out of jealousy.
Declension
edit Declension of afbrýði (weak īn-stem, singular only)
feminine | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | afbrýði | afbrýðin |
accusative | afbrýði | afbrýðina |
dative | afbrýði | afbrýðinni |
genitive | afbrýði | afbrýðinnar |
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